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funster

American  
[fuhn-ster] / ˈfʌn stər /

noun

  1. a person who creates or seeks fun, as a comedian or reveler.

Etymology

Origin of funster

First recorded in 1780–90; fun + -ster

Example Sentences

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TV's favourite funster Shane Richie hiding up on the walls.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2020

If the Beninese funster is in the groove again on Saturday, then he and Dimitar Berbatov will make this meeting worth attending.

From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2013

Yet she, too, is theatrical, a funster: last weekend some of her work had to be closed off because someone had interacted too enthusiastically with it, knocking over one of those abstract birds.

From The Guardian • May 12, 2010

Elsa Maxwell, funster for the unimaginative rich, was expected back again.

From Time Magazine Archive

A BBC funster gibed: "He shouts with rage and screams with fear, but pipes down when our planes are near."

From Time Magazine Archive

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