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waster.

Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈweɪstə/UK
  1. Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.

  2. An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.

    dialectal
  3. A destroyer or plunderer.

    obsolete
  4. An item that is spoiled during its manufacture.

  5. An idle, worthless person; a loser.

    derogatory · slang
Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈweɪstə/UK
  1. A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.

    obsolete
  2. A leister; a spear for catching fish.

    Scotland · obsolete
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