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Definition of Tryster
1. n. One who makes an appointment, or tryst; one who meets with another.
Definition of Tryster
1. Noun. a lover who keeps a tryst ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tryster
1. one that trysts [n -S] - See also: trysts
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tryster
Literary usage of Tryster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"380; and tryster, a hunting station, 1. 1712. TUNE. Anglo-F. tun, tone, voice,
Life of Edw. Conf. p. 18,1.15. A tune, tonus, modulus ; ' Cath. Angl. TURK. ..."
2. The squyr of lowe degre: a Middle English metrical romance by William Edward Mead (1904)
"The term appears in Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (EETS), in the form tryster,
11. 1146, 1170, 1712. A passage cited by Strutt, I, i, 17, ..."
3. Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time by Daniel Wilson (1891)
"... Your kings and nobles "side me talk'd ; And lads and lasses, with delight,
Set tryst with me to meet at night ; No tryster e'er was at a loss, For why, ..."
4. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"tryster, ». A person who convenes others, fixing the time and place of meeting.
Baillie. TRYSTING, i. An engagement to meet, ..."
5. Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song by Robert Hartley Cromek, Allan Cunningham, William Gillespie (1880)
"The dancings and revelry at Halloween; the tryster dancings and singing ; the
New-year's-day diversions ; in short, all the " old use and wonts " of their ..."
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