"cupster" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cupsters [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English copster, coppester, cuppestere, equivalent to cup + -ster. Compare cupper. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|copster}} Middle English copster, {{suf|en|cup|ster}} cup + -ster Head templates: {{en-noun}} cupster (plural cupsters)
  1. (rare) A cupper (one who performs the medical operation of cupping). Tags: rare Categories (topical): Drinking
    Sense id: en-cupster-en-noun-kKcCuQd- Disambiguation of Drinking: 90 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ster, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ster: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4
  2. (rare) A drunkard. Tags: rare Synonyms (drunkard): alcoholic
    Sense id: en-cupster-en-noun-tiJ~Kf0z Disambiguation of 'drunkard': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: souse, suck-pint

Inflected forms

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