shaver
Plural: shavers
Noun
- An instrument for shaving, or informally, a young lad.
- an adult male who shaves
- a young person of either sex
- a razor powered by an electric motor
- One who shaves.
- A barber, one whose occupation is to shave.
- A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor.
- An extortionate bargainer; a sharper.
- One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
- A boy; a lad; a little fellow.
Examples
- The new SHAVER in Words With Friends quickly proved to be a formidable opponent.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English schaver; equivalent to shave + -er.
In its meaning of a boy, lad, recorded since 1592, the word shaver has also been postulated to derive from Romani chavo (“young man”), which also gives us the modern slang chav, ultimately derived from Sanskrit छा (chā, “young animal”).
Synonyms
child, electric razor, electric shaver, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster
Scrabble Score: 12
shaver: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordshaver: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shaver: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary