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candlewasters

candlewasters is the plural of candlewaster.

Meaning of candlewaster

Noun

candlewaster (plural candlewasters)

  1. (derogatory, obsolete) One who consumes candles by staying up late reading and studying; a student.
    • If such a one will smile and stroke his beard, / And, sorrow wag, cry 'hem!' when he should groan, / Patch grief with proverbs, make misfortune drunk / With candle-wasters—bring him yet to me, / And I of him will gather patience.c. 1598–1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, act 5, scene 1
    Synonyms:
    scholar, student

Questions about candlewasters

What is candlewasters the plural of?
Candlewasters is the plural of candlewaster.

Words near candlewasters in the dictionary

  1. candlesticklike
  2. candlesticks
  3. candlestub
  4. candlestubs
  5. candlewaster
  6. candlewasters
  7. candlewax
  8. candlewick
  9. candlewicked
  10. candlewicking
  11. candlewicks

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