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Easterfest en · NOUN

Etymology

From Easter + -fest. Compare German Osterfest (“Easterfest”).

Meanings

1. (no-plural) the festivities and events associated with the Easter holiday; Easter celebration
   • Saturday morning I got my hair frosted at 8:30 then took the kids to Easterfest at Olde Armistead Park. 2002, Maggie Renaldi, Bless Me, Father, For I Have Sinned:
   • It was nearly Easter and she was potting up daffodils and narcissi for sale at the EasterFest in the Park. 2010, Helen Slavin, The Stopping Place:
   • In the previous sentence, however, he describes Passover (Passah) as the Jewish Easterfest (Osterfest). 2007, Hans-Dieter Schütt, Moritz Mebel, Robert Weinberg, A Life on the Left:

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