See also: Laster and läster

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Etymology edit

last +‎ -er

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Noun edit

laster (plural lasters)

  1. A workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on lasts.
  2. A tool for stretching leather on a last.
  3. That which lasts or endures.
    • 1818, Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, volume 2, page 51:
      [] the Ambret; which Pear, though it neither grows to be so large in substance or size, as large Les Chasseries, yet bears more in number, comes sooner into bearing, tastes better in the mouth, and is commonly a long laster.

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  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /las̺ter/, [las̺.t̪e̞r]

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laster

  1. fast

Adverb edit

laster (comparative lasterrago, superlative lasterren, excessive lasterregi)

  1. soon

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laster c

  1. indefinite plural of last

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laster m (uncountable)

  1. slander, libel (untrue, injurious statement, either written or said)

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Descendants edit

  • Negerhollands: laster
  • Papiamentu: laster (dated)

Verb edit

laster

  1. inflection of lasteren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

Noun edit

laster m or f

  1. indefinite plural of last

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laster

  1. present of laste

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laster f or m

  1. indefinite feminine plural of last

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laster

  1. indefinite plural of last

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