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▪ I. † ˈwasser1 Obs. rare.
? Shortened form of wasserman.
1600New Metamorphosis (Wright Dict. 1857 s.v.), The horrible huge whales did there appeare: The wasser that makes marryners to feare.
▪ II. wasser2|ˈwɒzə(r)|
Also was-ser.
[f. was, 1st and 3rd pers. sing. pa. tense of be v. + -s + -er1.]
= has-been n.
1924Kipling Debits & Credits 313 Bert was for it, with a few remarks from the patriotic old was-sers on the bench. 1936F. M. Ford Let. 6 Sept. (1965) 259 But I don't want to be harmed by people calling me a lousy old wasser. |