clubstern.
/ˈklʌbstə/ 1. One who uses a club for striking.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > club or stick
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bludgeon-man1797
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1727 P. Longueville Hermit 34 With their Clubsters in the Front.
2. A frequenter of clubs; = club-man n. 3.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > club > member
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a1734 R. North Examen (1740) 572 The House was double balconied in the Front..for the Clubsters to issue forth in fresco with hats and Peruques.
1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 77 He was no Clubster, listed among good Fellows.
3. A local name of the stoat. Cf. club-start n., club-tail n. at club n. Compounds 3.
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1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 322 Clubster, a stoat.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Clubster, a weazel of the larger kind with a thicker head.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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