-ster

Etymology
From, , from , from , of disputed origin. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Suffix

 * 1) Someone who is, or who is associated with, or who does something specified.
 * 2)  A diminutive appended to a person's name.
 * 3) * 1992,, "Observer; Pretty Good Read" (review of What It Takes by Richard Ben Cramer), New York Times, 25 Jul.,
 * Cramer's exploration of the hearts, minds and souls of America's ambition-crazed Presidential candidates moves ahead at a pace that feels childishly frantic . . . . This is not just because it keeps referring to Senator Robert Dole as "the Bobster."

Usage notes

 * Relatively uncommon for agent nouns, compared to more usual and ; primarily used for single-syllable words. Also informal, particularly in contemporary productive use – compare, , ; older terms such as  do not have this casual connotation, however.
 * Sometimes used in proper names, e.g. (file-sharing software), Blockster (Brandon Block, disc jockey)
 * In older words, used as a suffix for jobs that were held by women, e.g.,, , ,.

Etymology
From, from , from ; cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Perhaps also merging with, borrowed from.