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Grammar : Noun

Spell : puhn-ster

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpʌn stər

seriousness

Definition of punster

Origin : c.1700, "a low wit who endeavours at reputation by double meaning" [Johnson], from pun + -ster.

As in joker : noun person who kids, teases
As in wag : noun person who is very funny
As in wit : noun person who is very funny
As in jokester : noun joker
As in quipster : noun joker

Example sentences :

The punster smiled faintly, and for once in his life made no reply.
Extract from : « Pelham, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

The punster could scarcely refrain from a pun with which he was big.
Extract from : « The Punster's Pocket-book » by Charles Molloy Westmacott

That was what it came to, if you took it in punster fashion.
Extract from : « Cradock Nowell, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by Richard Doddridge Blackmore

A punster speaks of Theists as those who love "le bon Dieu and tea."
Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker

Cicero a punster, i. 69; a manufacturer of prefaces, 71; a collector, ii.
Extract from : « Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by Isaac Disraeli

Some punster will say, respecting oleaster, that it is olea sterilis.
Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 103, October 18, 1851 » by Various

The cadet had his revenge, however, for the superintendent was afterwards known as The Punster.
Extract from : « From Manassas to Appomattox » by James Longstreet

Possibly this is what the seal is aiming at; but personally I should prefer the extinction of the punster.
Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 » by Various

Kore is also a punster who makes abominable puns; these amuse nobody except, perhaps, himself.
Extract from : « The Red Horizon » by Patrick MacGill

It necessarily implies, not only superior wit, but a considerable fund of learning, on the part of the punster.
Extract from : « The Punster's Pocket-book » by Charles Molloy Westmacott

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