pesterer

pes·ter

P0216600 (pĕs′tər)tr.v. pes·tered, pes·ter·ing, pes·ters To annoy persistently, as with repeated demands or questions. See Synonyms at harass.

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[Probably short for French empestrer, to constrain, embarrass (probably also influenced by pest), from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *impāstōriāre : Latin in-, in; see in-² + Vulgar Latin *pāstōria, a hobble, from Latin, feminine of pāstōrius, of a herdsman (from pāstor, herdsman; see pā- in Indo-European roots).]

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pes′ter·er n.

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pesterer - a persistently annoying person blighter, cuss, gadfly, pestnudnick, nudnik - (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pestpersecutor, tormenter, tormentor - someone who torments