[f. LAST v.1 + -ER1.] One who or that which lasts. a. Of a person: One who has staying power. b. Of a fruit: That continues fresh and sound.
1719. London & Wise, Compl. Gard., IV. 56. The Russellet. It’s no long laster, but soon grows soft and pappy.
1861. Hughes, Tom Brown at Oxf., xvi. (1889), 152. I put him down as a laster, and he has trained well.
