I. ˈwāstə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from wasten to waste + -er
1.
a.
(1) : one that spends or consumes extravagantly : prodigal , spendthrift , squanderer
a waster who had run through a large fortune
(2) : a dissolute person : good-for-nothing , wastrel
a handsome face, though you didn't need to look twice to see that it was the face of a waster — Strand Magazine
b. : one that uses wastefully or causes or permits waste
a speaker who is a great waster of words
a procedure that is a waster of time
c.
(1) : one that lays waste or ruins : desolater , destroyer , devastator
the ruin of youth, the waster of fortunes, the destroyer of families — Lafcadio Hearn
have created the waster to destroy — Isa 54:16 (Authorized Version)
(2) archaic : one of a class of thieves of 14th century England
2.
a. : an animal (as a lamb that fails to fatten or a bird rejected for breeding) of inferior quality
b. : something that is useless or defective : an imperfect or inferior manufactured article or object
3. : a jockey who works with specified success or lack of success to take off weight
a bad waster who can't make the weight
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, of unknown origin
archaic : a wooden sword or cudgel used in fencing or singlestick
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: alteration (influenced by leister ) of Middle English waspere, from wa- (of unknown origin) + spere spear
Scotland : leister