grindster

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English grindestere (a miller, tool-sharpener), equivalent to grind +‎ -ster.

Noun[edit]

grindster (plural grindsters)

  1. (rare) One who grinds (all senses).
    • 1890, Matteo Bandello, The Novels of Matteo Bandello: Bishop of Agen:
      [] casting her eyes upon him and judging him a better and lustier grindster than her then lover, of whom belike she was weary, determined to beseek him to gallant in the latter's stead.