subsister

English

Etymology

subsist + -er

Noun

subsister (plural subsisters)

  1. One who subsists.
    • Andrew Clarke of Comries
      a race of disobedient children, a progeny of beggars, a nation of bare subsisters on the soil

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /syb.zis.te/

Verb

subsister

  1. to subsist, live on, go on, keep going
  2. to stay, remain

Conjugation

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