wastour

English

Noun

wastour (plural wastours)

1. Alternative form of waster
   • 1829, Robert Southey, “Colloquy XIII. The River Greta.—Trade.—Population.—Colonies.”, in Sir Thomas More: or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society. […], volume II, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 297:

     For though knights are not more needed now to protect the husbandmen against wastours and wicked men, […].

Anagrams

• outwars

Middle English

Alternative forms

• waister, waster, wastere, wastor, wastoure, wastur, wasture, wayster

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman wastour (continental Old French gasteor); equivalent to wast (“desolate”) +‎ -our.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wasˈtuːr/, /ˈwastur/, /ˈwastər/, /waːs-/

Noun

wastour (plural wastours)

1. A devastator or raider; one who lays waste.
2. A squanderer; one who wastes money or resources.

Descendants

• English: waster; wastor, wastour
• Scots: waster

References

• “wā̆stǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.