stell
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9.9
A place where a person stands or works
- noun
- Archaic
:
puesto
- In the old village, every merchant had a stell in the marketplace.
Examples
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Each guard was assigned a stell along the castle wall.
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She finally found her stell among the crowded benches at the church.
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The fisherman found a quiet stell by the river.
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In the old tale, the hero rested at a stell before the battle.
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In the old village, every merchant had a stell in the marketplace.
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Each guard was assigned a stell along the castle wall.
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The fisherman found a quiet stell by the river.
Synonyms
22
7.7
The position or role filled by someone else
means a general place or station not specifically a replacement
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stell (place, position) comes from the old word steall meaning 'place' and is the same root as the common word stall, so a stell is simply a fixed 'spot' or station.