A person who begs or makes requests; one who practices begging.
From 'beg' + '-ster' (agent suffix meaning 'one who does'). The '-ster' suffix appears in many English words like 'youngster,' 'gangster,' and 'trickster,' creating nouns from verbs or adjectives.
The '-ster' suffix has a wild history—it started innocently in Old English but later got paired with 'gang' to create 'gangster,' which jumped from dance music (1920s) to crime. Language evolves when slang sticks around!
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