grindster

English

Etymology

From Middle English grindestere (“a miller, tool-sharpener”), equivalent to grind +‎ -ster.

Noun

grindster (plural grindsters)

1. (rare) One who grinds (all senses).
   • 1890, Matteo Bandello, The Novels of Matteo Bandello: Bishop of Agen:

     […] casting her eyes upon him and judging him a better and lustier grindster than her then lover, of whom belike she was weary, determined to beseek him to gallant in the latter's stead.