One who or that which loses something, such as extra weight, car keys, etc.
A person convicted of a crime, especially more than once.
Origin
From Middle English loser, losere, equivalent to lose + -er. In the sense of contemptible or worthless individual, perhaps an alteration of losel, which see.
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