-ster

suffix

Someone who is, or who is associated with, or who does something specified.

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suffix-ster (noun-forming suffix, plural -sters)

plural -sters

  1. Someone who is, or who is associated with, or who does something specified.
  2. humorousoffensivesometimesA diminutive appended to a person's name.

    “Never better,” the Raabster spat back. “Just get on with it. What’s the score?”

    2023 April 21, John Crace, “Psycho goes down raging: the liberal wokerati finally get to Raab”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 May 2023
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    1992, Russell Baker, "Observer; Pretty Good Read" (review of What It Takes by Richard Ben Cramer), New York Times, 25 Jul., Cramer's exploration of the hearts, minds and souls of America's ambition-crazed Presidential candidates moves ahead at a pace that feels childishly frantic . . . . This is not just because it keeps referring to Senator Robert Dole as "the Bobster."

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Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*-astrijā
  2. Old English-estre“-ster”
  3. Middle English-estere
  4. English-ster

From Middle English -estere, -ester, from Old English -estre (“-ster”, feminine agent suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā, of disputed origin. Cognate with Middle Low German -ester, Dutch -ster.

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APA

-ster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ster

MLA

“-ster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ster. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-ster,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ster.

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