clubster
(ˈklʌbstə(r))
[f. club n. + -ster; cf. tapster, etc.]
1. One who uses a club for striking.
| 1727 Philip Quarll 34 With their Clubsters in the Front. |
2. A frequenter of clubs; = clubman 3.
| a 1734 North Lives I. 155 He was no clubster, listed among good fellows. Ibid. Exam. (1740) 572 The House was double balconied in the Front..for the Clubsters to issue forth in fresco with hats and Peruques. |
3. A local name of the stoat. Cf. club-start, -tail.
| 1788 Marshall E. Yorksh. Gloss., Clubster, a stoat. 1876 Robinson Whitby Gloss., Clubster, a weazel of the larger kind with a thicker head. |