baster meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

baster

nounalso spelled Baster

US /ˈbeɪstɚ/ · UK /ˈbeɪstə/

Etymology From baste + -er.

One who bastes.

A tool for basting meat with fat or gravy.

Hmm, yeah, but we didn’t have a turkey baster.2009, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots:

Baster

noun

Etymology Derived from the Dutch word for "bastard" (i.e. crossbreed), due to their mixed ethnic origin; see Dutch bastaard.

A member of an ethnic group comprising the descendants of Cape Colony Dutch and indigenous African women. They live largely in Namibia, in and around the town of Rehoboth.

Synonyms: Rehobother

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