divers
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈdaɪ̯vəz/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈdaɪ̯vəɹz/
Noun
  1. plural form of diver
Adjective

divers

  1. Obsolete spelling of diverse#English|diverse, in the sense of various or assorted.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Matthew 4:24 ↗:
      :
      And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
    • 1919, P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:
      Shortly after this I had to go out of town. Divers sound sportsmen had invited me to pay visits to their country places, and it wasn't for several months that I settled down in the city again.



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