paster

See also: Paster and pastër

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τός (-tós)

Ancient Greek παστός (pastós)

Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor.

Late Latin pasta

Old French pastebor.

Middle English paste

English paste

English -er

English paster

From paste + -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪstə(ɹ)

Noun

paster (plural pasters)

1. One who, or that which, pastes.
2. A slip of paper, usually bearing a name, intended to be pasted by the voter, as a substitute, over another name on a printed ballot.
3. (telephony) A diagram of the circuitry of a telephone, glued inside the telephone itself.

Derived terms

• cutter and paster

Anagrams

• Pearts, paters, petars, prates, pretas, repast, repats, retaps, tapers, trapes, treaps

West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pastōor, from Latin pāstor. The West Flemish word has stress on the first syllable, like the Latin, but this is not clearly attested in Middle Dutch.

Noun

paster m (plural pasters)

1. priest