Pastor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Pastor	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Pastor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pastor n a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches" Synonym(s): curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus Synonym(s): Pastor, subgenus Pastor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pastor \Pas"tor\, n. [L., fr. pascere, pastum, to pasture, to feed. Cf. {Pabulum}, {Pasture}, {Food}.] 1. A shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds. 2. A guardian; a keeper; specifically (Eccl.), a minister having the charge of a church and parish. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A species of starling ({Pastor roseus}), native of the plains of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Its head is crested and glossy greenish black, and its back is rosy. It feeds largely upon locusts.