The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
SHAVER
shaver, electric shaver, electric razor
(noun) a razor powered by an electric motor
child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
(noun) a young person of either sex; “she writes books for children”; “they’re just kids”; “‘tiddler’ is a British term for youngster”
shaver
(noun) an adult male who shaves
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Shaver
A surname.
Anagrams
• Havers, havers
Etymology
Noun
shaver (plural shavers)
One who shaves.
A barber, one whose occupation is to shave.
A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor.
(slang, obsolete) An extortionate bargainer; a sharper.
One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
(colloquial) A boy; a lad; a little fellow.
Anagrams
• Havers, havers
Source: Wiktionary
Shav"er, n.
1. One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave.
2. One who is close in bargains; a sharper. Swift.
3. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer. By these shavers the Turks were stripped. Knolles.
4. A boy; a lad; a little fellow. [Colloq.] "These unlucky little shavers." Salmagundi. As I have mentioned at the door to this young shaver, I am on a chase in the name of the king. Dickens.
5. (Mech.)
Definition: A tool or machine for shaving. A note shaver, a person who buys notes at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest. [Cant, U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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