Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who shaves.
- n. A device, especially an electric razor, that is used in shaving.
- n. Informal A small child, especially a boy.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who shaves, or whose occupation it is to shave; a barber.
- n. One who makes close bargains, or is sharp in his dealings; one who is extortionate or usurious, or who fleeces the simple.
- n. A fellow; a chap; now, especially with the epithet little or young, or even without the epithet, a young fellow; a youngster.
- n. In leather manufacturing, a workman who shaves the skins with a curriers' knife to get an even, smooth surface. See shaving, 3.
- n. An instrument or machine for removing a thin film or shaving: as, a spoke- or lap-shaver.
- n. A pivoted knife and frame for cutting smoked beef into thin shavings.
Wiktionary
- n. One who shaves.
- n. A barber, one whose occupation is to shave.
- n. A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor.
- n. slang, obsolete One who is close in bargains; a sharper.
- n. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
- n. colloquial A boy; a lad; a little fellow.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave.
- n. One who is close in bargains; a sharper.
- n. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
- n. colloq. A boy; a lad; a little fellow.
- n. (Mech.) A tool or machine for shaving.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a razor powered by an electric motor
- n. a young person of either sex
- n. an adult male who shaves
Etymologies
- to shave + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I was a little unnoticed "shaver" -- the errand boy of the house -- not quite ten years old.”
“The bathroom looked acceptable and there was nothing missing; the shaver would be in deep shadow if the light were put on in the bedroom so I moved it six inches: a shaver is the last thing in the bathroom a man forgets because it's a lot more expensive than the toothbrush and the other things.”
“sooner or later we'll all have 'x-ray', 'stocks', 'coffee' and 'shaver' - once they've been fully tested by the celebrity beta testers.”
“When he was a little "shaver" seven or eight years of age, she made it a practice to have him sleep with her, showing that she had no prejudice.”
“I bought Philips Norelco Model: 8270XL speed XL shaver which is rotary type, but I had to return it because the irritations in my skin and it did not give me the closeness as Remington shaver.”
“I wouldn't use a "shaver" that was nearly the same size as my face, either.”
“The shaver has been buzzing for a few seconds when I see my mother walk into the room.”
“Q9: Have you ever bought an electric shaver as a present for your husband, father?”
“(Sample size = 1,605, those buying a shaver as a present)”
“(Sample size = 3,198, electric shaver users who bought their own shaver, multiple answer)”
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