Yesteryear Definition

yĕstər-yîr
noun
Last year.
Webster's New World
(in) Past years.
Webster's New World
Time past; yore.
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Other Word Forms of Yesteryear

Noun

Singular:
yesteryear
Plural:
yesteryears

Origin of Yesteryear

  • Compound of yester- +"Ž year. Coined by Rossetti, to translate Middle French antan (“last year") (in Villon's Testament), from Vulgar Latin *anteannum (“the year before").

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Yesteryear Sentence Examples

  • Katie has been helping me crawl out of yesteryear and Alex is trying to make me less dependent.

  • Look at any fashion magazine and you'll see styles from yesteryear.

  • However, there are much less expensive options by choosing diapers that more closely resemble the versions of yesteryear.

  • Another popular way to spend Grandparents Day allows grandparents to pass on skills from yesteryear.

  • They aren't actually "old-fashioned" as far as technology goes, but they are a throwback to the leather-encased styles of yesteryear.

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