blaster

English

a blaster (sense 3)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-nom

Proto-Indo-European *-onom

Proto-Germanic *-aną

Proto-Germanic *blēstijaną

Proto-West Germanic *blēstijan

Old English blǣstan

Middle English blasten

English blast

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

▲

Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English blaster

From blast + -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bläs′tər, IPA^(key): /ˈblɑːs.tə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) enPR: blăs′tər, IPA^(key): /ˈblæs.təɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːstə(ɹ), -æstə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: blast‧er

Noun

blaster (plural blasters)

1. Anything that, or anyone who blasts.

   infrared blaster

2. A device to detonate an explosive, often consisting of a box with a handle to be pressed down.
4. (science fiction) An unspecified powerful hand weapon, usually one that fires an energy pulse or beam.

   Alternative form: blastor

   Hypernyms: energy weapon, ray gun

   Coordinate terms: death ray, phaser

   • 1938 April, Henry Kuttner, “Hollywood on the Moon”, in Thrilling Wonder Stories, volume 11, number 2, page 26:

     Blast out the lakes and canals—whittle down the peaks and mounds with atomic blasters—file them into the shape of gigantic buildings.

   • 1939 June, Jack Williamson, “One Against the Legion”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 23, number 4, page 138:

     One slender hand clung near a singular jewel, like a great white snow crystal, that hung from her throat. And the other, with a practiced and familiar grip, held a barytron blaster of the newest legion design. An unwilling little glisten had come into the violet eyes. Her blond head flung angrily. She caught her breath, and lifted the barytron blaster. Its bright tube pointed straight between his shoulders. He would never even know.

6. (golf, slang) A sand wedge.
   • 1948, Henry Cotton, This Game of Golf, page 119:

     The "blaster" type of club has been blamed for doing its share in making golf courses look ridiculous, […]

   • 1962, Gary Player, Golf Secrets, page 61:

     The person who has a sand wedge - the blaster - for these shots has a distinct advantage.

Derived terms

• border blaster
• ectoblaster
• ghetto blaster
• microblaster
• sandblaster

Further reading

• “blaster”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Tablers, reblast, bralets, labrets, Bartles, Balters, Stabler, Alberts, Bartels, balters, stabler, tablers, Balster

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch bastaard. Doublet of bastar.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈblastər/ [ˈblas.t̪ər]
• Rhymes: -astər
• Syllabification: blas‧ter

Noun

blaster

1. hybrid, crossbreed
2. clipping of blasteran (“a biracial or mixed-race individual”)

Derived terms

• blasteran

Further reading

• “blaster”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

blaster (sense 1)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-nom

Proto-Indo-European *-onom

Proto-Germanic *-aną

Proto-Germanic *blēstijaną

Proto-West Germanic *blēstijan

Old English blǣstan

Middle English blasten

English blast

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

▲

Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English blasterbor.

Polish blaster

Borrowed from English blaster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblas.tɛr/
• Rhymes: -astɛr
• Syllabification: blas‧ter

Noun

blaster m animal or m inan (related adjective blasterowy)

2. (science fiction) blaster (an unspecified powerful hand weapon, usually one that fires an energy pulse or beam)

Declension

Masculine animal:

Declension of blaster

	singular	plural
nominative	blaster	blastery
genitive	blastera	blasterów
dative	blasterowi	blasterom
accusative	blastera	blastery
instrumental	blasterem	blasterami
locative	blasterze	blasterach
vocative	blasterze	blastery

Masculine inanimate:

Declension of blaster

	singular	plural
nominative	blaster	blastery
genitive	blastera	blasterów
dative	blasterowi	blasterom
accusative	blaster	blastery
instrumental	blasterem	blasterami
locative	blasterze	blasterach
vocative	blasterze	blastery

Further reading

• “blaster”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• blaster in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
• Zygmunt Saloni, et al., editors (2020), “blaster”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎^[2], 4. online edition, Warszawa

Portuguese

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