• (n.) Waste land or common land. • (n.) A profligate. • (n.) Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc. • (n.) Any waste thing or substance • (n.) A neglected child; a street Arab. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/wastrel/
Wast'rel noun 1. Any waste thing or substance ; as: (a) Waste land or common land. [ Obsolete] Carew. (b) A profligate. [ Prov. Eng.] (c) A neglected child; a street Arab. [ Eng.] 2. Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc. ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/10