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waster

was·ter

UK/ˈweɪstə/ US/ˈweɪstɜr/ uncommon obsolete slang

noun

1.

someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently

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2.

a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to

  • “a destroyer of the environment”
  • “jealousy was his undoer”
  • “uprooters of gravestones”
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Origin

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

Phrases

  • oxygen waster

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