/way"steuhr/ , n.
1. a person or thing that wastes time, money, etc.
2. a piece of ceramic ware warped, cracked, or melted during firing.
3. a spendthrift or wastrel.
4. a destroyer: The Vandals were wasters of cities.
5. Chiefly Brit. wastrel (def. 2).
[ 1300-50; ME wastere, wastour (see -OR 2 ); later understood as WASTE + -ER 1 ]