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dreamster

dreamster noun: one who dreams; a dreamer.

Noun

dreamster (plural dreamsters)

  1. (rare) One who dreams; a dreamer.
    • A Beaver Falls, Pa., brewer named Anderson, who has something of a reputation as a dreamster, dreamed three nights in succession, recently, that Hon. William D. McKinley, of Ohio, would be nominated by the Republicans for President.1888 June 20, “Evening Echoes”, in The Evening Republican, volume I, number 182, Meadville, Pa., page [4], column 2
    • Both horses mentioned at Baldwin’s performance as probable winner of the £500, have now been scratched; and at least one “dreamster,” who saw the St. Albans horse win easily, has had his anticipations crushed.1889 June 15, “Clarence River J. C. Races. Closing of Acceptances.”, in The Clarence & Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser, volume XXIX, number 2479, Grafton, N.S.W., page 8, column 4

Examples of dreamster in a sentence

  • What with dreaming all day and dreaming all night, you’re just growing into a dreamster, as Monica says.1903, Dawn Graye, “A Village Heroine”, in A Story within a Story, Washington, D.C.: The Neale Publishing Company […], page 24:
  • Orpheus shook his head and said that he was not a dreamster but that it seemed to him the gods had strange adventures in store for me.1961, Henry Treece, “Towards the Rising Sun”, in Jason, London: The Bodley Head, part three (Colchis), page 176:

Forms of dreamster

pluraldreamsters

Origin of dreamster

From dream + -ster.

Questions about dreamster

What does dreamster mean?
Dreamster means one who dreams; a dreamer.
How do you use dreamster in a sentence?
What with dreaming all day and dreaming all night, you’re just growing into a dreamster, as Monica says.
What part of speech is dreamster?
Dreamster is a noun.
What is the plural of dreamster?
The plural of dreamster is dreamsters.

Words near dreamster in the dictionary

  1. dreamsick
  2. dreamsicle
  3. dreamsign
  4. dreamsigns
  5. dreamsome
  6. dreamster
  7. dreamsters
  8. dreamt
  9. dreamt on
  10. dreamt up
  11. dreamtest

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