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overliver

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈlɪvə(ɹ)/

overliver noun: a survivor.

Noun

overliver (plural overlivers)

  1. (otherwise obsolete) A survivor.
    • Hereupon a Peace was concluded, which was publiſhed a little before Chriſtmaſſe, in the Fourteenth yeare of the Kings Raigne, to continue for both the Kings liues, and the ouer-liuer of them, and a yeare after.1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret...

Forms of overliver

pluraloverlivers

Origin of overliver

From overlive + -er.

Questions about overliver

What does overliver mean?
Overliver means a survivor.
What part of speech is overliver?
Overliver is a noun.
How do you pronounce overliver?
Overliver is pronounced /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈlɪvə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of overliver?
The plural of overliver is overlivers.

Words near overliver in the dictionary

  1. overlitigious
  2. overlive
  3. overlived
  4. overliveliness
  5. overlively
  6. overliver
  7. overlivers
  8. overlives
  9. overliving
  10. overload
  11. overloadability

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