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cupsters

cupsters is the plural of cupster.

Meaning of cupster

Noun

cupster (plural cupsters)

  1. (rare) A cupper (one who performs the medical operation of cupping).
    • To prevent other sources of infection, originating from the practizing of this office the Leyden magistrate ordered in the year 1519, that no plague-masters, barbers, cupsters or scrubsters should throw in.1916, Janus - Volume 21
  2. (rare) A drunkard.
    • And yonder, that old cupster, Silenus, that horrible old favourite, wobbles along on a donkey, and would tumble off, you may be sure, were he not upheld by two fairly sober Satyrs.1909, Max Beerbohm, Yet Again
    Synonyms:
    alcoholic

Questions about cupsters

What is cupsters the plural of?
Cupsters is the plural of cupster.

Words near cupsters in the dictionary

  1. cupsful
  2. cupshotten
  3. cupsona
  4. cupsonas
  5. cupster
  6. cupsters
  7. cupstone
  8. cupstones
  9. cupsworth
  10. cupuassu
  11. cupuaçu

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