DIVER

loon, diver

(noun) large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes

diver, plunger

(noun) someone who dives (into water)

diver, frogman, underwater diver

(noun) someone who works underwater

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

diver (plural divers)

Someone who dives, especially as a sport.

Synonym: urinator (obsolete)

Someone who works underwater; a frogman.

(UK, Ireland) The loon (bird).

The New Zealand sand diver.

The long-finned sand diver.

(UK, London, dated) A passenger carrying vehicle using an underground route; specially, a diver tram, one using the former Kingsway tramway subway (1906-1952).

(slang, obsolete) A pickpocket.

(sports) A competitor in certain sports who is known to regularly imitate being fouled, with the purpose of getting his/her opponent penalised.

Anagrams

• Verdi, deriv., drive, rived, vired

Source: Wiktionary


Div"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, dives. Divers and fishers for pearls. Woodward.

2. Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business. "A diver into causes." Sir H. Wotton.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), or the allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agility in diving.

Note: The northern diver (Urinator imber) is the loon; the black diver or velvet scoter (Oidemia fusca) is a sea duck. See Loon, and Scoter.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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