delvers
delvers is the plural of delver.
Meaning of delver
Noun
delver (plural delvers)
- 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
Questions about delvers
- What is delvers the plural of?
- Delvers is the plural of delver.
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