coaster.
A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area.
Meaning & usage
A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area.
A sailor (especially the master or pilot of a vessel) who travels only in coastal waters.
A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country.
Ellipsis of coaster trout (“the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in Lake Superior and Maine”).
A cow from the coastal part of Texas.
A prostitute, especially one of European descent, plying her trade in Chinese port towns.
Where this word comes from
From coast (“edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). Coast is derived from Middle English coste (“rib; side of the body, flank; side of a building; face of a solid figure; coast, shore; bay, gulf; sea; concavity, hollow; boundary, limit; land; country; district, province, region; locality, place; division of the heavens; compass direction; direction; location with reference to direction, side”) [and other forms], from Old French coste (“rib; side of an object; coast”) (modern French côte (“rib; coast; hill, slope”)), from Latin costa (“rib; side, wall”).
Agent noun of coast: one who coasts. An itinerant person who shirks work but still seeks food and lodging; a loafer, a sundowner.
Agent noun of coast: one who coasts. A person who uses a sled or toboggan to slide down a slope covered with ice or snow; a sledder, a tobogganist.
Agent noun of coast: one who coasts. One who succeeds while making only a minimal effort.
Something that coasts or is used to coast. A small stand or tray, sometimes with wheels, used to pass something such as a decanter or wine bottle around a tabletop.
Something that coasts or is used to coast. A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.
Something that coasts or is used to coast. A useless compact disc or DVD, such as one that was burned incorrectly or has become corrupted.
Something that coasts or is used to coast. Ellipsis of rollercoaster.
Something that coasts or is used to coast. A sled or toboggan.
Something that coasts or is used to coast. A minibus; small bus (especially Toyota Coaster or in general resembling such regardless of brand name)
coaster bus
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin costa Latin costicāreder. Old French costoierbor. Middle English costeien English coast Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English coaster From coast (“to glide along without adding energy; to make a minimal effort; to slide downhill (especially, to slide on a sled upon snow or ice)”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). Coast is derived from Middle English costeien (“to travel along a border or coast; to go alongside (something), skirt; to accompany, follow; to travel across, traverse; to be adjacent to, to border;”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman [Term?], Old French costoier (“to be at the side of”) [and other forms] (modern French côtoyer (“to pass alongside; (figuratively) to rub shoulders”)), from Latin costicāre, from costa (“rib; side, wall”); see further at etymology 1. etymology 2 sense 2.1 (“small stand or tray”) is from the fact that the object and the decanter or wine bottle on it “coast” or travel around a tabletop from person to person. etymology 2 sense 2.2.2 (“useless compact disc or DVD”) refers to the fact that the object is only useful as a drink coaster. etymology 2 sense 2.5 (“minibus”) is a genericized trademark from Toyota Coaster. Compare Spanish coaster / cúster.
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