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Appendix:Variations of "ster" English Etymology en :inh enm:-estere 1 From en enm -estere, enm -ester, from en ang -estre -ster feminine agent suffix, from en gmw-pro *-astrijā, of disputed origin. Cognate with gml -ester, nl -ster. Suffix s Someone who is, or who is associated with, or who does something specified. en humorous sometimes offensive A diminutive appended to a person's name. 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." en John Crace Psycho goes down raging: the liberal wokerati finally get to Raab w:The Guardian 2023-04-21 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/apr/21/psycho-goes-down-raging-the-liberal-wokerati-finally-gets-to-raab 0261-3077 “Never better,” the Raabster spat back. “Just get on with it. What’s the score?” https://web.archive.org/web/20230513051144/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/apr/21/psycho-goes-down-raging-the-liberal-wokerati-finally-gets-to-raab Usage notes Relatively uncommon for agent nouns, compared to more usual en -er and en -or; primarily used for single-syllable words. Also informal, particularly in contemporary productive use – compare en hipster, en scenester, en bankster; older terms such as en barrister do not have this casual connotation, however. Sometimes used in proper names, e.g. en Napster (file-sharing software), Blockster (Brandon Block, disc jockey) In older words, used as a suffix for jobs that were held by women, e.g., en webster female webber, or weaver, en baxter female baker, en spinster female spinner, en brewster female brewer. Synonyms en -er en -or Derived terms en Anagrams en erst Rest. 'rest rest. REST ERTs rets erst rest tres RETs TERs SERT estr- -estr- Dutch Etymology From nl dum -ster, from nl odt *-istra, from nl gmw-pro *-astrijā; cognate with gml -ester, ang -estre. Perhaps also merging with nl la-vul -istria, borrowed from nl grc -ιστρια.A. van Loey, "Schönfeld's Historische Grammatica van het Nederlands", Zutphen, 8. druk, 1970, 90-03-21170-1; § 177 Suffix nl suffix noun-forming suffixes f nl -er Derived terms nl References Middle English Suffix enm suffix 1 enm -estere