Pastor

Latin pastor (“herdsman, shepherd”)

Pastor m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sturnidae – the rosy starling.

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Passeriformes - order; Passeri - suborder; Passerida - infraorder; Muscicapoidea - superfamily; Sturnidae - family

• (genus): Pastor roseus - sole species

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

• Rosy Starling on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sturnus roseus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pastor on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Pastor on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

• Paster (archaic)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpastɔɐ̯/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /pasˈtoːɐ̯/ (alternative form; predominant in some regions, including western Germany)

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Pastor m (genitive Pastors, plural Pastoren or Pastöre)

1. (regional, chiefly northern and central Germany) pastor (clergyman who serves a parish)

• The normal plural is Pastoren.
• The plural Pastöre is used by some of those speakers who stress the word on the second syllable, particularly in western Germany.
• The word as such is more common among Protestants than among Catholics. There are, however, some regions where the word is traditional for a Catholic pastor, including the Rhineland.

• Pfarrer

• Pastorin

• Pastor in Duden online