WASTER

destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter

(noun) a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; “a destroyer of the environment”; “jealousy was his undoer”; “uprooters of gravestones”

wastrel, waster

(noun) someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

waster (plural wasters)

Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.

(dialectal) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.

A destroyer.

An item that is spoiled during its manufacture.

Synonyms

• (one who spends extravagantly): See Thesaurus:spendthrift

• (imperfection in the wick): thief

Etymology 2

Noun

waster (plural wasters)

(obsolete, chiefly, fencing) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.

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

Anagrams

• Waters, Westra, rawest, tawers, waters

Source: Wiktionary

Wast"er, n. Etym: [OE. wastour, OF. wasteor, gasteor. See Waste, v. t.]

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition