STEP-UP

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Transforming or converting a low-pressure current into one of high pressure; as, a step-up transformer.

2.
a.

A suffix denoting the agent (originally a woman), especially a person who does something with skill or as an occupation; as in spinster (originally, a woman who spins), songster, baxter (= bakester), youngster.


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