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laster

laster noun: a workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on lasts.

Noun

laster (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

Proper noun capitalized: Laster

Laster (plural Lasters)

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

Forms of laster

Noun
plurallasters
Proper noun
pluralLasters

Origin of laster

From last + -er.

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

Words that rhyme with laster

Questions about laster

What does laster mean?
Laster means a workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on lasts.
What part of speech is laster?
Laster can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of laster?
The plural of laster is lasters.

Words near laster in the dictionary

  1. lastborn
  2. lastborns
  3. laste
  4. lasted
  5. lasted out
  6. laster
  7. lasters
  8. lastest
  9. lasteth
  10. Lastex
  11. lasthit

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