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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Waster \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
waster
n : dissipates resources self-indulgently [syn: {wastrel}]
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