name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as an occupation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
laster
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rhymes with -æstə(ɹ)
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rhymes with -ɑːstə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: L AE1 S T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on lasts.
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noun
Meaning 3
A tool for stretching leather on a last.
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noun
Meaning 4
That which lasts or endures.
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History
Etymology
* As an English surname, variant of Lester. * Also as an English occupational surname, from the noun laster.
From last + -er.