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