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hiver

hiver noun: one who collects bees into a hive.

Noun

hiver (plural hivers)

  1. One who collects bees into a hive.
    • The hiver must have his face and hands defended, as above-mentioned, and accompanied by a person holding a chafing-dish, with a coal fire, covered with moist peat, to make the greater smoke […]1820, A. B. Herbert, A. P. Beresford, Alexander Dedekind, Of Bees, page 516

Forms of hiver

pluralhivers

Origin of hiver

From hive + -er.

Questions about hiver

What does hiver mean?
Hiver means one who collects bees into a hive.
What part of speech is hiver?
Hiver is a noun.
What is the plural of hiver?
The plural of hiver is hivers.

Words near hiver in the dictionary

  1. Hivelys
  2. hivemate
  3. hivemates
  4. hivemind
  5. hiveminds
  6. hiver
  7. hivernant
  8. hivernants
  9. hivernate
  10. hivernated
  11. hivernates

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