Thesaurus: waster

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1. v. t. One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal.
2. v. t. An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; -- called also a thief.
3. v. t. A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
4. n. someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
5. n. a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
6. 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.
7. n:100 n someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently n a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to