tipster

noun — 2 senses

tipster

noun

Etymology * From tip (etymology 5) + -ster.

1

A person who provides tips or advice to others, for example on the form of racehorses or the stock market.

2

Video games Informal One who provides tips or hints on how to succeed at a game.

  • Absent from the pages of CRASH for a year, ex-tipster Robin Candy returns and puts finger to key to debate the state of the games software industry.1987 June, CRASH, number 41:
  • Those are the two choice words top tipster Rich Pelley used to describe the monthly helpathon that is the one and only COMPLETE CONTROL.1994, “Amiga Power”, in magazine, number 42:
1 more example
  • Does anybody know what Jon Riglar is doing now? (SU Tipster for about 6 years - Zapchat!).1995, Stephen Smith, “Zub - Hidden Game?”, in comp.sys.sinclair (Usenet):

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