Shaver

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪvÉ™(r)

Origin

{1} + -er

In its meaning of a young man, recorded since 1592, the word shaver has also been postulated to derive from the Romany chhavo 'young man', which also gives us the modern slang chav, ultimately derived from the Sanskrit chhaapaa 'infant' (human or animal)

Full definition of shaver

Noun

1. One who shaves.
2. A barber, one whose occupation is to shave.
3. A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor.
4. (slang, obsolete) One who is close in bargains; a sharper.
5. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
• KnollesBy these shavers the Turks were stripped.
6. (colloquial) A boy; a lad; a little fellow.
• Charles DickensAs I have mentioned at the door to this young shaver, I am on a chase in the name of the king.

Anagrams

• havers