bangster

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noun

A violent, overbearing man; a ruffian, bully or braggart.

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Meanings

nounbangster (plural bangsters)

plural bangsters

  1. ScotlandarchaicA violent, overbearing man; a ruffian, bully or braggart.

    “[…]but ere this preparative pass, that we dare not correct our scholars for fear of bangsters and clanned gentlemen, they shall have all the blood of my body first.”

    1840, Thomas McCrie, The life of Andrew Melville, the Scottish reformer, abridged for the Board from McCrie's Life of Melville, page 15
  2. ScotlandarchaicA victor.

    None can ever match his fling, At a reel, or round a ring. Wightly can he wield a rung; In a brawl he's aye the bangster:[…]

    1829, Robert Chambers, “The Maid that Tends the Goats”, in The Scottish songs, volume 2, page 506

Origin

From bang + -ster.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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