Meanings
laster1
plural lasters
- A workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on lasts.
- A tool for stretching leather on a last.
- 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
Origin
laster · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*leys-
- Proto-Germanic*laistiz
- Old Englishlǣste
- Middle Englishlest
- Englishlast
- Englishlaster
Laster · proper noun
* As an English surname, variant of Lester. * Also as an English occupational surname, from the noun laster.
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laster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laster
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