shaver
English
/ˈʃeɪvə/, /ˈʃeɪvɚ/
noun
Definitions
- One who shaves.
- A barber, one whose occupation is to shave.
- A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor.
- (slang) An extortionate bargainer; a sharper.
- One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
- (colloquial) A boy; a lad; a little fellow.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English schaver affix from English shave derived from Romani chavo (young man) derived from Sanskrit छा (young animal).
Origin
Sanskrit
छा
Gloss
young animal
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aftershave English
- drawshave English
- inshave English
- preshave English
- reshave English
- shave English
- shaveable English
- shavee English
- shavegrass English
- shavehook English
- shaveless English
- shaveling English
- shavest English
- shavetail English
- shaveth English
- spokeshave English
- シェーバー Japanese
- छा Sanskrit
- schaven Middle English
- schaver Middle English
- shaven Middle English
- siafio Welsh
- sev Tok Pisin
- shefa Swati
- chavo Romani
- tjhefa South Ndebele