accoster

From accost +‎ -er.

• Rhymes: -ɒstə(ɹ)

accoster (plural accosters)

1. One who accosts somebody.

• ectosarc

From a- +‎ Old French coste +‎ -er. Old French coste has become côte in modern French.

• IPA^(key): /a.kɔs.te/

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accoster

1. (intransitive, nautical) to come ashore

   Synonym: arriver

2. (transitive) to lay something next to another object

   Synonym: juxtaposer

3. (transitive, by extension, slightly derogatory) to approach someone; to interrupt someone (especially a stranger, in the street)

   Synonym: aborder

   • 1973, Jean Eustache, La Maman et la Putain, spoken by Veronica:

     Vous accostez souvent les filles comment vous m'avez accosté ?

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   • 2016, Mathilde Ramadier, Alberto Madrigal, Berlin 2.0, Futuropolis, →ISBN, page 51:

     A Berlin on peut s'habiller comme on veut. Vraiment comme on veut. Les mecs ne sont pas macho. Quand on se prend une remarque au vol ou qu'on se fait accoster par un type lourd, c'est qu'il est italien, espagnol ou français…

     In Berlin you can dress as you like. Really however you like. The dudes aren't macho. When you get a passing remark or you're accosted by an annoying guy, it's because he's Italian, Spanish, or French…

• accostage

• “accoster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.