Definition/Meaning of divers

• English - Noun: divers (plural) plural of diver
• English - Adjective: divers (comparative more divers, superlative most divers) (archaic) Archaic form of diverse , in the sense of various or assorted . 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 112: Divers plans and numerous devices were tried to stop the leakage. 1551, James A.H. Murray, editor, A New English Dictionary on Historical…
• English - Pronoun: divers (archaic, literary) An indefinite number (at least two). c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]: Tubal: There came divers of Antonio’s creditors in my company to Venice that swear he…
• English - Anagrams: drives
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology 2. See diverse .