coster
pronunciation
How to pronounce coster in British English:
UK ['kɒstə]
How to pronounce coster in American English:
US ['kɒstə]
Word Origin
- coster
- coster: [19] Coster is short for costermonger, a term dating from the 16th century. Since the 19th century, and perhaps before, it has been a general term in Britain, and particularly in London, for a street trader with a barrow or stall, but further back in time it meant ‘fruiterer’, and originally, more specifically still, a ‘seller of apples’. The first element, coster, was an alteration of costard, a word of Anglo-Norman origin for a type of large apple.This was derived from coste ‘rib’ (a descendant of Latin costa, source of English coast), and the costard was apparently so called because of its prominent ‘ribs’. (Monger ‘dealer’ [OE], now used in English only in compounds, comes from a prehistoric Germanic *manggōjan, a borrowing from Latin mangō ‘dealer’.)=> coast
Example
- 1. Mr de coster blames the prime brokers in part for this .
- 2. Dream roller coster combines wisdom and adventure .
- 3. Mr de coster believes that profiting or keeping losses to a minimum in the bad times gives investors the courage to stay in the markets and take advantage of later upswings .
- 4. The composition and blurred , warm background add to the effect of the shot , as did the timing : " the male had to raise his wings briefly to balance himself on the female 's back [ ...... ] capturing that moment really added to the picture , " says coster .