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vivers

vivers noun: provisions; victuals.

Noun

vivers pl (plural only)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete, plural, plural-only) provisions; victuals
    • I'll join you at three, if the vivers can tarry so long.1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London...

Origin of vivers

From French vivres, plural of vivre (“to live”).

Questions about vivers

What does vivers mean?
Vivers means provisions; victuals.
What part of speech is vivers?
Vivers is a noun.

Words near vivers in the dictionary

  1. viverridous
  2. viverrids
  3. viverriform
  4. viverrine
  5. viverrines
  6. vivers
  7. vives
  8. viveur
  9. viveurs
  10. vivi-
  11. Vivian

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