"wastour" meaning in Middle English

See wastour in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /wasˈtuːr/, /ˈwastur/, /ˈwastər/, /waːs-/ Forms: wastours [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman wastour (continental Old French gasteor); equivalent to wast (“desolate”) + -our. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|xno|wastour}} Borrowed from Anglo-Norman wastour, {{cog|fro|gasteor}} Old French gasteor, {{af|enm|wast|-our|id1=adjective|t1=desolate}} wast (“desolate”) + -our Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} wastour, {{enm-noun}} wastour (plural wastours)
  1. A devastator or raider; one who lays waste. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-wastour-enm-noun-Eg~hUa57 Disambiguation of People: 74 26 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -our, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 27 48 25 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -our: 25 46 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 38 20
  2. A squanderer; one who wastes money or resources.
    Sense id: en-wastour-enm-noun-5THRmJXO Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 38 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: waister, waster, wastere, wastor, wastoure, wastur, wasture, wayster

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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