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Caister.

Ellipsis of Caister-on-Sea: a coastal town and civil parish in Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG5212).

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  1. Ellipsis of Caister-on-Sea: a coastal town and civil parish in Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG5212).

    abbreviation · alt-of · countable · ellipsis · uncountable
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Old English ċeaster (“city, town”), a borrowing from Latin castrum (“camp”). Doublet of castrum and Chester.

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