Buster
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Austrian German Buste (“pockmark, boil”), from Latin apostema (“boil”), + -er.
Proper noun
Buster
- A surname.
Etymology 2
From buster.
Proper noun
Buster
- A male given name.
- A male nickname.
- (colloquial, variously expressing familiarity, admiration, or hostility) Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person.
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
- Beginning with a curt “Listen, Buster,” she proceeded to sketch out with admirable clearness the salient points in the situation as she envisaged it [...] “I thought she was splendidly firm.” “Yes, sir.” “It's the red hair that does it, I imagine.” “Yes, sir.” “If anyone had told me that I should live to hear Aubrey Upjohn addressed as ‘Buster’ ...”
- 1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by The Wolf (Harvey Keitel):
- Set this straight, Buster. I'm not here to say "please." I'm here to tell you want to do. And if self-preservation is an instinct you possess, you better fuckin' do it and do it quick.