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delver

delver noun: one who digs or delves, as with a spade.

Noun

delver (plural delvers)

  1. One who digs or delves, as with a spade.
    • Their armour and weapons were found at times, by delvers and dykers, for centuries after; are found at times unto this day, beneath the rich drained cornfields which now fill up that black half-mile[.]1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 28, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 386

delver meaning in Tamil

delver in Tamil

காரிகப் பருத்தித் துணி

Forms of delver

pluraldelvers

Origin of delver

From Middle English delvere, from Old English delfere (“a digger”), equivalent to delve + -er.

Questions about delver

What does delver mean?
Delver means one who digs or delves, as with a spade.
What is delver in Tamil?
Delver in Tamil is காரிகப் பருத்தித் துணி. See Delver meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is delver?
Delver is a noun.
What is the plural of delver?
The plural of delver is delvers.

Words near delver in the dictionary

  1. delvauxites
  2. delve
  3. DelVecchio
  4. Delvecchios
  5. delved
  6. delver
  7. delvers
  8. delves
  9. delvest
  10. delveth
  11. Delvey

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