-ster
-ster suffix: someone who is, or who is associated with, or who does something specified.
Suffix
-ster (noun-forming suffix, plural -sters)
- Someone who is, or who is associated with, or who does something specified.
- A diminutive appended to a person's name.
- Cramer's exploration of the hearts, minds and souls of America's ambition-crazed Presidential candidates moves ahead at a pace that feels childishly frantic . . . . This is not just because it keeps referring to Senator Robert Dole as "the Bobster."1992, Russell Baker, "Observer; Pretty Good Read" (review of What It Takes by Richard Ben Cramer), New York Times, 25 Jul.
- “Never better,” the Raabster spat back. “Just get on with it. What’s the score?”2023 April 21, John Crace, “Psycho goes down raging: the liberal wokerati finally get to Raab”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 May 2023
Synonyms of -ster
Forms of -ster
| plural | -sters |
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Origin of -ster
From Middle English -estere, -ester, from Old English -estre (“-ster”, feminine agent suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā, of disputed origin. Cognate with Middle Low German -ester, Dutch -ster.
Questions about -ster
- What does -ster mean?
- -ster means someone who is, or who is associated with, or who does something specified.
- What part of speech is -ster?
- -ster is a suffix.
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