Definition/Meaning of shaver

• English - 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 ) One who is close in bargains; a sharper . (Can we find and add a quotation of Jonathan Swift to this entry?) One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer . Knolles By these shavers the Turks were stripped . ( colloquial ) A boy; a lad; a…
• English - Pronunciation: enPR: shāʹvər ( UK ) IPA (key) : /ˈʃeɪvə/ ( US ) IPA (key) : /ˈʃeɪvɚ/ , [ˈʃeɪ̯vɚ] Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
• English - Etymology: shave +‎ -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)
• English - References: “shaver” in Douglas Harper , Online Etymology Dictionary (2001). Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary , Springfield , Massachusetts , G .&C. Merriam Co ., 1967
• English - Anagrams: havers