shaver
see also: Shaver
Pronunciation
    • (RP) IPA: /ˈʃeɪvə/
    • (GA) IPA: /ˈʃeɪvɚ/
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. (slang, obsolete) An extortionate bargainer; a sharper.
  5. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
    • By these shavers the Turks were stripped.
  6. (colloquial) A boy; a lad; a little fellow.
    • 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations [...] In Three Volumes, volume (please specify ), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, OCLC 3359935 ↗:
      As I have mentioned at the door to this young shaver, I am on a chase in the name of the king.
Translations
  • Russian: брадобре́й
Translations
Shaver
Proper noun
  1. Surname



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