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punster en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English pun Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English punster From pun + -ster.

Meanings

  1. A person who makes puns.
    • Waglings and punsters — a vile race, / Who grin and jeer in any case! 1838, The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, page 404:

Forms

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Deriveds

punstress

Synonyms

paronomasiast · punner