laster

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noun

A workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on lasts.

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Meanings

laster1

nounlaster (plural lasters)

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.

    […] 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.

    1818, Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, volume 2, page 51

Laster2

proper nounLaster (plural Lasters)

plural Lasters

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

Origin

laster · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*leys-
  2. Proto-Germanic*laistiz
  3. Old Englishlǣste
  4. Middle Englishlest
  5. Englishlast
  6. Englishlaster

From last + -er.

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Laster · proper noun

* As an English surname, variant of Lester. * Also as an English occupational surname, from the noun laster.

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APA

laster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laster

MLA

“laster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laster. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “laster,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laster.

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