bangster

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From bang +‎ -ster.

Noun[edit]

bangster (plural bangsters)

  1. (archaic, Scotland) A violent, overbearing man; a ruffian, bully or braggart.
    • 1840, Thomas McCrie, The life of Andrew Melville, the Scottish reformer, abridged for the Board from McCrie's Life of Melville, page 15:
      [] but ere this preparative pass, that we dare not correct our scholars for fear of bangsters and clanned gentlemen, they shall have all the blood of my body first.”
  2. (archaic, Scotland) A victor.
    • 1829, Robert Chambers, “The Maid that Tends the Goats”, in The Scottish songs, volume 2, page 506:
      None can ever match his fling,
      At a reel, or round a ring.
      Wightly can he wield a rung;
      In a brawl he's aye the bangster: []

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Adjective[edit]

bangster

  1. inflection of bang:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular superlative degree
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular superlative degree
    3. strong genitive plural superlative degree