Rustacean

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/ɹʌsˈteɪʃən/

noun

A user of the Rust programming language.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nounRustacean (plural Rustaceans)

plural Rustaceans

  1. informalcomputingA user of the Rust programming language.

    New Rustaceans commonly get stuck on strings for a combination of three reasons: […]

    2019, Steve Klabnik, Carol Nichols, The Rust Programming Language, page 137
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    We covered a whole lot of ground here in a subject that's probably the heaviest to grasp for a new Rustacean.

    2019, Rahul Sharma, Vesa Kaihlavirta, Mastering Rust, page 210

    You'll find that the Rust community loves to track the progress of a certain area using their “Are We X Yet” sites. This is a tradition from the Mozilla community, which many Rustaceans are also involved in.

    2020, Shing Lyu, Practical Rust Projects, page 154

Origin

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APA

Rustacean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rustacean

MLA

“Rustacean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rustacean. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rustacean,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rustacean.

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