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STER, in composition, is from the Sax. Steora, a director. See Steer. It See ms primarily to have signified chief, principal or director, as in the L. Minister, chief servant; but in other words, as in spinster, we do not recognize the sense of chief, but merely that of a person who carries on the business of spinning.
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