paster

[ pey-ster ]

/ ˈpeɪ stər /

Save This Word!

noun

a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.

a person or thing that pastes.

QUIZ

CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?

There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?

Question 1 of 7

Which sentence is correct?

His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of paster

First recorded in 1730–40; paste + -er¹

Words nearby paster

pastel, pastelist, pastel orange, paste mold, paste-on, paster, pastern, Pasternak, Pasternak, Boris, paste-up, Pasteur

How to use paster in a sentence

While the ruling is decisively in favor of the couple, Harriet Bernstein and Luisa Paster, it does not end the case.
Here's Where Marriage Equality and Religious Protections Clash|Justin Green|December 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But veteran stylist Jessica Paster says appearing too fashion-forward in the carefully styled world of Hollywood is a risk.
The Great Transformation of Rooney Mara Into Lisbeth Salander|Isabel Wilkinson|January 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
“Now, the more shoe companies there are, the less chance they have to be on the red carpet,” Paster says.
Oscars 2011: Red-Carpet Shoe Wars|Isabel Wilkinson|February 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST
You can credit Paster and Bloch with starting the Great Stylist Wars of the 1990s.
Battle of the Oscar Stylists|Merle Ginsberg|February 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST

The only wa tu keep them into a paster, is tu turn them into a medder jineing, and let them jump out.
Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings|Henry Wheeler Shaw
That gentleman wrote from a Continental address to Mr. Paster asking if his aunt had left him the money as she promised.
The Mandarin's Fan|Fergus Hume
Jonathan, if you ever see a flock of sheep shut up in a paster, you know something worth while about human natur.
Highlife in New York: a series of letters to Mr. Zephariah Slick,|Ann S. Stephens
After the next shot a white paster is put on this fresh shot and the former shot obliterated by a black paster.
The Modern Pistol and How to Shoot It|Walter Winans
The bullet hole is first pasted over with a white paster, so as to show its place from the firing point.
The Modern Pistol and How to Shoot It|Walter Winans

paster

Origin of paster

Words nearby paster

Words related to paster

How to use paster in a sentence