fuster

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfʌstɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfʌstə/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English fuster, fuystour, fuystor, from Anglo-Norman fuster, Old French fuyster, fust, ultimately from Latin fūstis. Compare French fût, Old French fustier. ==== Noun ==== fuster (plural fusters) A saddle tree maker. === Etymology 2 === Possibly related to fuss or fester? ==== Verb ==== fuster (third-person singular simple present fusters, present participle fustering, simple past and past participle fustered) To fret, whine, or complain. To fuss; to meddle or micromanage. To become marked with signs of age or decay. (Ireland) To fumble; to work clumsily. === Anagrams === Fuerst == Catalan == === Etymology === From fusta (“wood”) +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [fusˈte] IPA(key): (Valencia) [fusˈteɾ] === Adjective === fuster (feminine fustera, masculine plural fusters, feminine plural fusteres) (relational) wood, carpentry ==== Derived terms ==== abella fustera === Noun === fuster m (plural fusters, feminine fustera, feminine plural fusteres) carpenter; joiner ==== Derived terms ==== fusterejar fusteria === Noun === fuster m (plural fusters) green woodpecker Synonym: picot verd ==== Further reading ==== “fuster”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007