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jarvey

jarvey noun: a hackney coach driver .

Noun

jarvey (plural jarvies or jarveys)

  1. (dated) A hackney coach driver .
  2. (Ireland) The driver of a jaunting car.
    • […] Dublin residents, like those jarvies waiting news from abroad, would tempt any ancient mariner who sailed the ocean seas to draw the long bow about the schooner Hesperus and etcetera.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 16

jarvey meaning in Tamil

jarvey in Tamil

வாடகைக் குதிரைவண்டி ஓட்டுபவர், மோட்டார் ஓட்டுபவர்

Forms of jarvey

pluraljarvies
pluraljarveys
alternative formjarvie
alternative formjarvy

Origin of jarvey

Two origins have been suggested, although there is no solid evidence for either: * They are named after Saint Gervais. * They are named after a coachman named Jarvis.

Questions about jarvey

What does jarvey mean?
Jarvey means a hackney coach driver .
What is jarvey in Tamil?
Jarvey in Tamil is வாடகைக் குதிரைவண்டி ஓட்டுபவர், மோட்டார் ஓட்டுபவர். See Jarvey meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is jarvey?
Jarvey is a noun.
What is the plural of jarvey?
The plural of jarvey is jarvies.

Words near jarvey in the dictionary

  1. Jarud
  2. Jaruda
  3. Jarudas
  4. jarul
  5. jaruls
  6. jarvey
  7. jarveys
  8. Jarvi
  9. jarvie
  10. jarvies
  11. Jarvis

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: jarvey (page history and authors); jarvey (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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