Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - ster
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ster
abbreviation ~ling STER noun combining form Etymology: Middle English, from Old English -estre female agent; akin to Middle Dutch ~ 1. one that does or handles or operates spinster tapster teamster 2. one that makes or uses songster 3. one that is associated with or participates in gamester gangster 4. one that is youngster
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1.
suffix denoting a person engaged in or associated with a particular activity or thing (brewster; gangster; youngster). Etymology: OE -estre etc. f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
~ suffix in nouns 1 someone who has a particular quality (a youngster (=a young person)) 2 someone who is connected with, deals with, or uses a particular thing (a trickster (=someone who plays deceiving tricks) | a gangster (=a member of a gang) | a pollster (=someone who carries out polls)) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
3.
- O.E. -istre, from P.Gmc. *-istrijon, feminine agent suffix used as the equivalent of masculine -ere. Also used in M.E. to form nouns of action (meaning "a person who ...") without regard for gender. The genderless agent noun use apparently was a broader application of the original feminine suffix, beginning in the north of England, but linguists disagree over whether this indicates female domination of weaving and baking trades, as represented in names like Webster, Baxter, Brewster, etc. (though spinster clearly represents a female ending). In Modern Eng., the suffix has been productive in forming derivative nouns (gamester, punster, etc.). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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