[f. BAND sb.1 + -STER; cf. maltster.] One who binds sheaves after reapers.
a. 1794. in Ritson, Scot. Songs, II. 3 (Jam.). The bansters are runkled, lyart, and grey.
1863. Tom Taylor, Pict. in Wds., ix. Onward press the shearers, The bandsters come behind.
