Home › Words › B › beamsterbeamsterbeamster means A workman engaged in beaming or slicking hides.EtymologyFrom beam + -ster.nounA workman engaged in beaming or slicking hides.e.g.“Harper's Magazine the beamsters bending to their tasks”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.beaterman 67% match — The operator of a beater machine in papermaking. vs beamster →beatster 66% match — A mender of fishing nets. vs beamster →beamhouse 63% match — A building where skins are processed between curing and tanning, to soak them, remove the hair, etc. vs beamster →beamwork 63% match — A structure made of beams, as in the roof of a building. vs beamster →beavering 62% match — Hunting or trapping beaver. vs beamster →beater 61% match — Someone or something that beats. vs beamster →beeman 61% match — One who tends bees, usually as an occupation; beekeeper. vs beamster →beetling 61% match — The process by which fabrics, etc. are beetled, or beaten with a mallet. vs beamster →