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Someone overly fond of making puns
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punster
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n. A person who likes to make puns.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1700, "a low wit who endeavours at reputation by double meaning" [Johnson], from pun + -ster .
Usage examples of punster.
The grimaces and caperings of buffoonery, the gymnastics of the punster and the parodist, the revels of pure nonsense may be, at their best, a refreshment and delight, but they are not comedy, and have proved in effect not a little hostile to the existence of comedy.
Die-hard punsters would make torturing language take precedence over matters of life and death.
Sirius Mater now boasted a population of almost two hundred punsters of all ages.