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halver

halver noun: a fisherman who places a net to catch fish in the retreating tide.

Noun

halver (plural halvers)

  1. a fisherman who places a net to catch fish in the retreating tide
  2. (plural, plural-only) sharing in halves
    • Let's go halvers on the tab tonight.
    • like a Scotch schoolboy when he finds anything, "Nae halvers and quarters--hale o' mine ain and 'nane o' my neighbour's.1816, [Walter Scott], The Antiquary. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC

Forms of halver

pluralhalvers

Words that rhyme with halver

Questions about halver

What does halver mean?
Halver means a fisherman who places a net to catch fish in the retreating tide.
What part of speech is halver?
Halver is a noun.
What is the plural of halver?
The plural of halver is halvers.

Words near halver in the dictionary

  1. halvations
  2. halve
  3. halve it
  4. halveable
  5. halved
  6. halver
  7. Halvergate
  8. halvers
  9. Halverson
  10. Halversons
  11. halves

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