fastern.
/ˈfɑːstə/, /ˈfastə/, U.S. /ˈfæstər/ A person who is fasting or abstains from food.
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 27684 Þof man es gret faster.
?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 13 (MED) It is a blessed thinge to faste, for the more harme it dothe the faster, the more is the merit, and of gretter valour.
?1551 T. Becon Fruitful Treat. Fasting ix. sig. D.iii A certayne monke..was counted the greatest & deuoutest faster in al those quaters.
1662 P. Gunning Paschal or Lent-Fast 199 Such fasters I cannot better resemble, then to the ancient blood-thirsty Tyrants.
1712 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 16 Jan. (1948) II. 465 This being Fast-day, Dr. Freind and I went into the city to dine late, like good fasters.
1807 J. Milner Martyrs i. ii. 58 (note) A man..of a strict life and a great faster.
1880 Daily News 27 July 5/5 The faster's condition physically during the day was remarkably encouraging.
1962 Cosmopolitan Aug. 50/2 The average Ramadan faster lost three pounds in the course of the month, but otherwise was able to go about his daily business as usual.
2014 N. Prigoone Great Uncooking (e-book ed.) 45/2 Juice fasting is a good option for first-time fasters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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