name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A particularly impressive and admirable person or thing. England, West-Midlands, dialectal

   "Then the fat woman! ooh, my word! she wor a boster; […]"

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

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Example

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"Then the fat woman! ooh, my word! she wor a boster; […]"

Etymology

Possibly representing an alteration of burster.

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