Laster

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

• Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)

Laster (plural Lasters)

1. A surname originating as an occupation.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Laster is the 3847^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9202 individuals. Laster is most common among White (49.49%) and Black/African American (44.62%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Laster”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 400.

• Salter, Slater, alerts, alters, artels, estral, laters, ratels, resalt, salter, slater, staler, stelar, strale, streal, talers, tarsel, tralse

• IPA^(key): /ˈlastɐ/

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From Old High German lastar, from Proto-Germanic *lahstrą (with regular loss of h before st), a variant form of *lahtrą (whence Old English leahtor and Dutch lachter), from the root of *lahaną (“to blame, fault, reproach”) (whence also Old Norse lǫstr and its descendant Icelandic löstur), from Proto-Indo-European *lok-, whence also Old Irish locht.

Laster n (strong, genitive Lasters, plural Laster)

1. vice (bad habit)

• lasterhaft
• lästern

• Müßiggang ist aller Laster Anfang

Laster

lasten (“to load”) +‎ -er

Laster m (strong, genitive Lasters, plural Laster)

1. agent noun of lasten
2. (colloquial) truck, lorry (motor vehicle for transporting goods)

   Synonyms: LKW, Lastwagen, Lastkraftwagen

• Last f (“load”)

• Friedrich Kluge (1975), Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, 21st impression, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, p. 425.

• “Laster” in Duden online
• “Laster” in Duden online
• “Laster” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Laster” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon