-ast


-ast

suff. One associated with: ecdysiast.
[From Latin -astēs, from Greek, n. suff. : -as-, stem of verbs in -azein + -tēs, agent n. suff.]

AST

or A.S.T.,

Atlantic Standard Time.

-ast

var. of -ist after -i-: symposiast. [< Greek -astēs]