• (British) IPA: /ˈweɪstə/

waster (plural wasters)

1. Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
2. (dialectal) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.
3. A destroyer.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Proverbs 18:9 ↗:

     He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

4. An item that is spoiled during its manufacture.

• (one who spends extravagantly) seeSynonyms en
• (imperfection in the wick) thief

• Spanish: malgastador

waster (plural wasters)

1. (obsolete, chiefly, fencing) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970 ↗, partition II, section 3, member 6:

     Or, as they that play at wasters exercise themselves by a few cudgels how to avoid an enemy's blows, let us arm ourselves against all such violent incursions which may invade our minds.

2. (obsolete, Scotland) A leister; a spear for catching fish.