"squanderer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: squanderers [plural]
Etymology: From squander + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|en|squander|-er|id2=agent noun}} squander + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} squanderer (plural squanderers)
  1. One who squanders.

Inflected forms

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