punster

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English pun

Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā

Old English -estre

Middle English -estere

English -ster

English punster

From pun + -ster.

Noun

punster (plural punsters)

1. A person who makes puns.

   Synonyms: punner, paronomasiast

   • 1838, The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, page 404:

     Waglings and punsters — a vile race, / Who grin and jeer in any case!

Derived terms

• punstress

Further reading

• Samuel Johnson (1773) "PUNSTER", in A Dictionary of the English Language, volumes II (L–Z), London: W[illiam] Strahan, for J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton, →OCLC: "PU'NSTER. n.s. [from pun.] A quibbler; a low wit who endeavours at reputation by double meaning."

Anagrams

• Turpens, prusten, punters, turneps, unprest