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beamster

noun

Etymology

From beam + -ster.

  1. inherited from bēamian
  2. inherited from bemen
  3. derived from *bʰew-✻ — “to grow, swell”
  4. inherited from *baumaz✻ — “tree, beam, balk”
  5. inherited from *baum✻
  6. inherited from bēam — “tree, cross, gallows, column, pillar, wood, beam, splint, post, stock, rafter, piece of wood”
  7. inherited from beem
  8. suffixed as beamster — “beam + ster”

Definitions

  1. A workman engaged in beaming or slicking hides.

    • Harper's Magazine the beamsters bending to their tasks

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA