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Bobster

UK/ˈbɒb.stə/US/ˈbɑb.stɚ/

Bobster is the diminutive of Bob.

Meaning of Bob

Proper noun

Bob (plural Bobs)

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Robert.
    • Miramax Films cofounders Bob and Harvey Weinstein will end their successful, but often tumultuous, 12-year relationship with The Walt Disney Company to launch their own media company.2005 March 30, “Miramax founders leave Disney”, in The Guardian
  2. The person or system receiving a message or signal from a source conventionally known as Alice.
    • The key that Alice and Bob are to share cannot be transmitted in the clear. Either it must be enciphered when sent, or Alice and Bob must derive it without an exhange of data from which the key can be derived.2003, Matt Bishop, Computer Security: Art and Science, Addison-Wesley Professional, →ISBN, page 247
    Synonyms:
    Party B
  3. (euphemistic) God.

See all 37 meanings of bob

Origin of Bobster

From Bob + -ster.

Words that rhyme with Bobster

Questions about Bobster

What is Bobster the diminutive of?
Bobster is the diminutive of Bob.
How do you pronounce Bobster?
Bobster is pronounced /ˈbɑb.stɚ/ (US).

Words near Bobster in the dictionary

  1. bobsleighs
  2. Bobson
  3. Bobst
  4. bobstay
  5. bobstays
  6. Bobster
  7. bobstick
  8. bobsticks
  9. Bobsts
  10. bobtail
  11. bobtail flush

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Bobster (page history and authors); Bob (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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