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
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.
• 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
1 May 2025
(adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; “economic growth”; “aspects of social, political, and economical life”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
