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besters

besters is the plural of bester.

Meaning of bester

Noun

bester (plural besters)

  1. (UK, archaic, slang) A fraudulent bookmaker.
    • […] "bouncers and besters," who cheat by laying wagers […]1853, The Scripture Readers' Journal, page 15

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Proper noun capitalized: Besters

Besters

  1. (plural) plural of Bester

Questions about besters

What is besters the plural of?
Besters is the plural of bester.
What part of speech is besters?
Besters is a proper noun.

Words near besters in the dictionary

  1. bestep
  2. bestepped
  3. bestepping
  4. besteps
  5. bester
  6. besters
  7. Bestes
  8. bestest
  9. bestestest
  10. besteth
  11. bestetsoned

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Adapted from Wiktionary: besters (page history and authors); Besters (page history and authors); bester (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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