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shaver

UK/ˈʃeɪvə/US/ˈʃeɪvɚ/

shaver noun: one who shaves.

Noun

shaver (plural shavers)

  1. One who shaves.
  2. A barber, one whose occupation is to shave.
  3. A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor.
  4. (obsolete, slang) An extortionate bargainer; a sharper.
    • The shaver is an honest friendly man as before: he has a good deal to do to smother his Welsh fire, which, you know, he has in a greater degree than some would imagine. He posts himself a good part of the year in some warm house, wins the ladies money at ombre, and convinces them, that they are...1723, John Arbuthnot, letter to Jonathan Swift
  5. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
    • By these shavers the Turks were stripped.1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC
  6. (colloquial) A boy; a lad; a little fellow.
    • "Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen," said the sergeant, "but as I have mentioned at the door to this young shaver" (which he hadn't), "I am on a chase in the name of the King, and I want the blacksmith."1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter V, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 62

Proper noun capitalized: Shaver

Shaver

  1. A surname.

shaver meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

shaver in Hindi

electric razor
इलेक्ट्रिक रेज़र ilekṭrik rezar, बिजली का रेज़र bijlī kā rezar

shaver in Marathi

electric razor
शेव्हर śevhar

shaver in Urdu

electric razor
اِلیکْٹْرِک ریزَر ilekṭrik rezar, بَرْقی ریزَر barqī rezar

shaver in Bengali

electric razor
বৈদ্যুতিক রেজার bōiddutik rejar
More languagesFewer languages
shaver in Tagalog
tagapag-ahit
shaver in Arabic
آلَة حِلَاقَة ʔālat ḥilāqa, مَاكِينَة حِلَاقَة mākīnat ḥilāqa
shaver in Indonesian
alat cukur, pencukur
shaver in Thai
เครื่องโกนหนวดไฟฟ้า, เครื่องโกนไฟฟ้า, โกนหนวดไฟฟ้า

Forms of shaver

pluralshavers

Plural of shaver: shavers

Origin of shaver

From Middle English schaver; equivalent to shave + -er. In its meaning of a boy, lad, recorded since 1592, the word shaver has also been postulated to derive from Romani chavo (“young man”), which also gives us the modern slang chav, ultimately derived from Sanskrit छा (chā, “young animal”).

Words formed from shaver

Phrases with shaver

Words that rhyme with shaver

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Questions about shaver

What does shaver mean?
Shaver means one who shaves.
What is shaver in Hindi?
Shaver in Hindi is इलेक्ट्रिक रेज़र (ilekṭrik rezar), बिजली का रेज़र (bijlī kā rezar). See Shaver meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is shaver?
Shaver can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce shaver?
Shaver is pronounced /ˈʃeɪvə/ (UK).
What is the plural of shaver?
The plural of shaver is shavers.

Words near shaver in the dictionary

  1. shavelessness
  2. shaveling
  3. shavelings
  4. shaven
  5. shaven latten
  6. shaver
  7. Shaver Lake
  8. shavers
  9. shaves
  10. shaves up
  11. shavest

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