waster

Meaning

Noun

• Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
• An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.
• A destroyer.
• An item that is spoiled during its manufacture.
• A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
• A leister; a spear for catching fish.

Related

Similar words

• thief

Origin

• From Middle English wastere, waister, wastar, wastour, equivalent to waste + -er. Compare Anglo-Norman wastur, Old French gastëor.
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