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waster - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'waster' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Waster [ v. t.]
- One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal.
- An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a thief.
- A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.

Meaning of 'waster' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . waster [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
Example in sentence:
  • a destroyer of the environment;
  • jealousy was his undoer;
  • uprooters of gravestones