See Buster in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "de",
"3": "Buste",
"4": "",
"5": "pockmark, boil"
},
"expansion": "German Buste (“pockmark, boil”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "apostema",
"4": "",
"5": "boil"
},
"expansion": "Latin apostema (“boil”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Austrian German Buste (“pockmark, boil”), from Latin apostema (“boil”), + -er.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Buster",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English surnames",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "14 38 12 36",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 33 25 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 33 28 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A surname."
],
"id": "en-Buster-en-name-EMUC1F3L",
"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbʌstɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbʌstə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
}
],
"word": "Buster"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "From buster.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Buster",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English given names",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English male given names",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "14 38 12 36",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 33 25 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 33 28 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A male given name."
],
"id": "en-Buster-en-name-yDfLNrGi",
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "14 38 12 36",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 33 25 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 33 28 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A male nickname."
],
"id": "en-Buster-en-name-0GiTmRIK",
"links": [
[
"nickname",
"nickname#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "14 38 12 36",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 33 25 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "23 33 28 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
31,
37
],
[
339,
345
]
],
"ref": "1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:",
"text": "Beginning with a curt “Listen, Buster,” she proceeded to sketch out with admirable clearness the salient points in the situation as she envisaged it [...] “I thought she was splendidly firm.” “Yes, sir.” “It's the red hair that does it, I imagine.” “Yes, sir.” “If anyone had told me that I should live to hear Aubrey Upjohn addressed as ‘Buster’ ...”",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
19,
25
]
],
"ref": "1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by The Wolf (Harvey Keitel):",
"text": "Set this straight, Buster. I'm not here to say \"please.\" I'm here to tell you want to do. And if self-preservation is an instinct you possess, you better fuckin' do it and do it quick.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person."
],
"id": "en-Buster-en-name-6dO-x6T-",
"links": [
[
"guy",
"guy#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "variously expressing familiarity; admiration; or hostility; variously expressing familiarity; admiration; or hostility",
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, variously expressing familiarity, admiration, or hostility) Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "guy"
},
{
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "term of address for a man or person"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbʌstɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbʌstə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
}
],
"word": "Buster"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English proper nouns",
"English terms derived from German",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "de",
"3": "Buste",
"4": "",
"5": "pockmark, boil"
},
"expansion": "German Buste (“pockmark, boil”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "apostema",
"4": "",
"5": "boil"
},
"expansion": "Latin apostema (“boil”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Austrian German Buste (“pockmark, boil”), from Latin apostema (“boil”), + -er.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Buster",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English surnames"
],
"glosses": [
"A surname."
],
"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbʌstɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbʌstə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
}
],
"word": "Buster"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English proper nouns",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "From buster.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Buster",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English given names",
"English male given names"
],
"glosses": [
"A male given name."
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A male nickname."
],
"links": [
[
"nickname",
"nickname#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English colloquialisms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
31,
37
],
[
339,
345
]
],
"ref": "1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:",
"text": "Beginning with a curt “Listen, Buster,” she proceeded to sketch out with admirable clearness the salient points in the situation as she envisaged it [...] “I thought she was splendidly firm.” “Yes, sir.” “It's the red hair that does it, I imagine.” “Yes, sir.” “If anyone had told me that I should live to hear Aubrey Upjohn addressed as ‘Buster’ ...”",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
19,
25
]
],
"ref": "1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by The Wolf (Harvey Keitel):",
"text": "Set this straight, Buster. I'm not here to say \"please.\" I'm here to tell you want to do. And if self-preservation is an instinct you possess, you better fuckin' do it and do it quick.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person."
],
"links": [
[
"guy",
"guy#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "variously expressing familiarity; admiration; or hostility; variously expressing familiarity; admiration; or hostility",
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, variously expressing familiarity, admiration, or hostility) Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "guy"
},
{
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "term of address for a man or person"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbʌstɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbʌstə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
}
],
"word": "Buster"
}
Download raw JSONL data for Buster meaning in English (3.3kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.