ringstern.
/ˈrɪŋstə/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋstər/ 1. U.S. Now rare or historical.
a. A member of a political ring. Cf. ring n.1 14b.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > a party > [noun] > political ring > member of
ringster1857
1857 C. E. Pickett Oration delivered July 4 21 In order to cover the land with their ‘Pueblo’ creation, the robber ringsters set to work to defeat the confirmation of several genuine Mexican grants.
1875 Chicago Tribune 15 Dec. 4/1 The support secured for Mayor Cobb was sufficient..to defeat the unholy alliance of ringsters and politicians by which Boardman's nomination was first obtained.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxiii. 461 The attachment of the ringster is usually given wholly to the concrete party.
1908 Nation 16 Apr. 344/3 Hereafter the word [grafter] cannot be lightly used as a synonym for any malefactor at the head of a corporation, or any political ringster.
1949 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 15 222 A week later the only other candidate..withdrew from the race with a statement that the Reform ‘Ringsters’ were so completely in control of the party machinery that a fair contest would be impossible.
b. A member of a price ring. Cf. ring n.1 14c.Often hard to distinguish from 1a.
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society > trade and finance > trading organization > [noun] > member or former of
ringster1878
trust-maker1888
cartellist1925
1878 Congress. Rec. 20 Mar. 1915/1 As the honest contractor will not go into a business where he has to evade the law, the ringster has it all his own way.
1879 Harper's Mag. Oct. 717/1 The inopportune arrival of several cargoes of Texan beef broke the ring and ruined the ringsters.
1904 I. M. Tarbell Hist. Standard Oil Co. I. 107 ‘Deserters’, ‘ringsters’, ‘monopolists’ were the terms applied.
2. A boxer.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxer
buffeter1483
pugil1646
cuffer1662
boxer1672
pugilistc1740
setter-to1810
miller1812
sparrer1814
pet1825
pugilistic1827
slogger1829
fist-mate1834
peeler1852
pug1858
scrapper1874
slugger1877
slogster1881
basher1882
fisticuffer1888
ring man1899
ringster1902
pucker1919
1902 W. W. Naughton Kings of Queensberry Realm Introd. p. vii The camel of tradition will have an easier time swarming through the orifice in a needle than the scheming ringster will experience while attempting to work off a bogus bout.
1926 G. Carpentier Art of Boxing 5 Some ‘ringsters’—I use this word in a particular sense, as you will see—have severely battered countenances after a career of a few years as pugilists.
1964 Ebony Nov. 76/2 (caption) Speedy ringster tests endurance with trainer Carson.
2004 Manila Bull. (Nexis) 26 Mar. No other Asian ringster has won more than two world titles in different weight classes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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