Definitions

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  • noun US A student at a prep school.
  • noun US A person who dresses or behaves in a way thought characteristic of such a student.

Etymologies

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prep +‎ -ster

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Examples

  • For those who want to make a day of it, a $20 after-party will take place at Hillwood, including live entertainment, such prepster games as croquet and badminton, gelato and cocktails.

    Free and easy events 2010

  • While visiting a nursing home here in NH, there was a delightful lady, aged 102, garbed daily in the most colorful and carefully matched outfits of this sort of prepster ilk.

    I Am Almost There - A Dress A Day 2009

  • Justin Bishop and Michael Hogan spotlight the indie rockers of Vampire Weekend, who are slyly riffing on their prepster image for a second album, Contra.

    The December 2009 Issue 2009

  • A standout defensive back and running back as a prepster, he was hampered by injuries his first two years at WSU ...

    USATODAY.com 2005

  • Arrington was not a highly regarded prepster during his days at Northern Nash (Rocky Mount, N.C.)

    USATODAY.com 2005

  • Not surprising, given their prepster-chic stylings, but disappointing to those of us not nearly so jawbone-and-elbow-y.

    If you're a size XS ... - A Dress A Day 2007

  • Overview: Kyle was a relative unknown prepster, but saw the college recruits clamor for his attention after he starred at the

    USATODAY.com 2005

  • Not surprising, given their prepster-chic stylings, but disappointing to those of us not nearly so jawbone-and-elbow-y.

    September 2007 2007

  • As the disaffected youth in the suburban mall or the prepster in the coffee shop on the corner might say, "Whatever."

    05.04 M-mv 2004

  • As the disaffected youth in the suburban mall or the prepster in the coffee shop on the corner might say, "Whatever."

    04.04 M-mv 2004

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