Ster. Definition

stər

abbreviation

Sterling.

Webster's New World

suffix

One that is associated with, participates in, makes, or does.

Songster.

American Heritage

One that is.

Youngster.

American Heritage

(humorous, sometimes offensive) A diminutive appended to a person's name.

Wiktionary

affix

A person who is, does, or creates (something specified)

Oldster, punster; rhymester, trickster.

Webster's New World

A person associated with (something specified)

Gangster.

Webster's New World

Origin of Ster.

From Middle English -ster, -estere, from Old English -estre (“-ster", feminine agent suffix), from Proto-Germanic *-istrijÇ, *-astrijÇ, from Proto-Indo-European *-as-tar- (suffix). Cognate with Old High German -astria, Middle Low German -ester, Dutch -ster.

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English -estre female agent suff

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
ME < OE -estre, orig. a fem. agent suffix

From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

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