About The Word Waster
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Waster
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What's The Definition Of Waster?
[n] a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones"
[n] someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently Synonyms | Synonyms for Waster: destroyer | ruiner | undoer | uprooter | wastrel Related Terms | Find terms related to Waster: See Also | annihilator | bad person | diversionist | iconoclast | image breaker | prodigal | profligate | saboteur | squanderer | vandal | wrecker Waster In Webster's Dictionary \Wast"er\, n. [OE. wastour, OF. wasteor, gasteor. See
{Waste}, v. t.]
1. One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who
consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a
prodigal.
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to
him that is a great waster. --Prov. xviii.
9.
Sconces are great wasters of candles. --Swift.
2. An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to
waste; -- called also a {thief}. --Halliwell.
3. A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a
foil.
Half a dozen of veneys at wasters with a good fellow
for a broken head. --Beau. & Fl.
Being unable to wield the intellectual arms of
reason, they are fain to betake them unto wasters.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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