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calivers

calivers is the plural of caliver.

Meaning of caliver

Noun

caliver (plural calivers)

  1. (historical) A type of light musket.
    • 0, giue me the ſpare men, and ſpare me the great ones. Put me a Calyuer into VVarts hand, Bardolph.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...

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Questions about calivers

What is calivers the plural of?
Calivers is the plural of caliver.

Words near calivers in the dictionary

  1. Calitlitan
  2. calitoxin
  3. calitoxins
  4. calivarial
  5. caliver
  6. calivers
  7. Calivigny Island
  8. Calivil
  9. calix
  10. calixarene
  11. calixarenes

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