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Rickster

Rickster is the diminutive of Rick.

Meaning of Rick

Proper noun

Rick

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Richard, as well as similar name such as Ricardo.
    • Mark Watney is the first of them to be introduced on screen, in the middle of collecting soil and rock samples from the Martian surface. Rick Martinez (Michael Peña) jokes that he just discovered dirt, and Mark ribs him about the usefulness of his job.2016 August 31, “GENIUS CHARACTER REVEALS: Mark Watney”, in Industrial Scripts
  2. A surname transferred from the given name.

See all 14 meanings of rick

Origin of Rickster

From Rick + -ster.

Questions about Rickster

What is Rickster the diminutive of?
Rickster is the diminutive of Rick.

Words near Rickster in the dictionary

  1. Rickson
  2. rickstaddle
  3. rickstaddles
  4. rickstand
  5. rickstands
  6. Rickster
  7. rickturnerite
  8. Rickwood
  9. Ricky
  10. rickyard
  11. rickyards

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Rickster (page history and authors); Rick (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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