Obs. or dial. Also 6 bangister, -eister, 7 -ester. [f. BANG v. + -STER: cf. banger.]
1. A burly violent fellow; a bully, a braggart.
c. 1570. Leg. Bp. St. Andrews, in Scot. Poems 16th C. (1801), II. 326. Proude ambitious bangsters.
1651. Calderwood, Hist. Kirk (1843), II. 516. My lord, mak us quite of thir Matchiavelian and bangester lords.
1766. Ross, Helenore, 89 (Jam.). That yet have bangsters on their boddom set.
2. One who beats his opponents; a victor, winner.
1820. Scott, Abbot, xix. If the Pope’s champions are to be bangsters in our very changehouses. Ibid. (1824), St. Ronan’s, I. 183 (D.). You are so certain of being the bangster, so very certain I mean of sweeping stakes.
