Talk:wastor
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OED does not exactly give a sense "thief" for this word. The closest senses are "destroyer, plunderer" (which we have at waster) and "The designation of a class of thieves mentioned along with ‘Roberdesmen’ and ‘Drawlatches’ in a statute of Edw. III. Obsolete exc. archaic." (which we lack, but we are not missing out on anything by doing so). They put the Chaucer quote under the sense "One who wastefully dissipates or consumes".
In any case this is nothing more than an alt form of waster, at which the sense "thief" should not be added on the grounds of unattestability. I would have just gone ahead and altered it myself if it weren't for our quote at wastour, which is given as an alternative form of wastor (not waster). This, that and the other (talk) 05:57, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
- Whatever, RFV-resolved by making everything an alt form of waster. This, that and the other (talk) 11:28, 19 July 2023 (UTC)