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tapsters

tapsters is the plural of tapster.

Meaning of tapster

Noun

tapster (plural tapsters)

  1. (archaic) One whose business is to tap or draw ale or other liquor.
    • […] A tapster is a good trade: an old cloak makes a new jerkin; a withered serving-man a fresh tapster.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    barkeep

Questions about tapsters

What is tapsters the plural of?
Tapsters is the plural of tapster.

Words near tapsters in the dictionary

  1. tapsilog
  2. tapsilogs
  3. tapsman
  4. tapsmen
  5. tapster
  6. tapsters
  7. tapstress
  8. tapstresses
  9. tapstries
  10. tapstry
  11. tapt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tapsters (page history and authors); tapster (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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