clubster

English

Etymology 1

Alteration of clubstart,[1] from Middle English clopstert (“ermine, stoat”), from clubbe (“club”) + stert (“tail”).[2]

Noun

clubster (plural clubsters)

  1. (dialect, Northern England, East Anglia) Synonym of stoat
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From club +‎ -ster.

Noun

clubster (plural clubsters)

  1. Synonym of clubman (“a member of a social club”)

References
  1. “clubster”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. “clubstart”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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