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Added 9 October 2026

waster

/ˈweɪstə/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about waster at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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 or plunderer.

noun

A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
A leister; a spear for catching fish.

Origin

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

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