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shaver
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun shaver has 3 senses
- shaver(n = noun.person) Array - an adult male who shaves; Array is a kind of adult male, man
- shaver(n = noun.person) child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" has parts: child's body
- shaver(n = noun.artifact) electric razor, electric shaver - a razor powered by an electric motor; Array is a kind of razor
Derived form verb shave1
is a kind of juvenile, juvenile person
has particulars: bairn, buster, changeling, child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child, foster-child, foster child, fosterling, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, kiddy, orphan, peanut, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, poster child, kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler, silly, sprog, bambino, toddler, tot, yearling, urchin, street child, waif
Derived form verb shave1
CIDE DICTIONARY
shaver, n.
- One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave. [1913 Webster]
- One who is close in bargains; a sharper. Swift. [1913 Webster]
- One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer. [1913 Webster]"By these shavers the Turks were stripped." [1913 Webster]
- A boy; a lad; a little fellow. Salmagundi. [1913 Webster]"As I have mentioned at the door to this young shaver, I am on a chase in the name of the king." [1913 Webster]
- A tool or machine for shaving. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
shaver, n.
1 a person or thing that shaves.
2 an electric razor.
3 colloq. a young lad.
1 a person or thing that shaves.
2 an electric razor.
3 colloq. a young lad.
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