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shaver en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈʃeɪvə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Australia) audio
• shāʹvər
• /ˈʃeɪvɚ/ (General-American)

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”).

Meanings

1. One who shaves.
2. A barber, one whose occupation is to shave.
3. A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor.
4. (obsolete, slang) An extortionate bargainer; a sharper.
   • The shaver is an honest friendly man as before: he has a good deal to do to smother his Welsh fire, which, you know, he has in a greater degree than some would imagine. He posts himself a good part of the year in some warm house, wins the ladies money at ombre, and convinces them, that they are highly obliged to him. 1723, John Arbuthnot, letter to Jonathan Swift:
5. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
   • By these shavers the Turks were stripped. 1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
6. (colloquial) A boy; a lad; a little fellow.
   • "Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen," said the sergeant, "but as I have mentioned at the door to this young shaver" (which he hadn't), "I am on a chase in the name of the King, and I want the blacksmith." 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter V, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 62:

Forms

Deriveds

rotary shaver · pod shaver · note shaver · foil shaver · electric shaver · dry shaver

Translations (89)

bg самобръсна́чка (electric razor) · nl scheerapparaat (electric razor) · hi इलेक्ट्रिक रेज़र (electric razor) · az elektro ülgüc (electric razor) · ka ელექტროსაპარსი (electric razor) · da barbermaskine (electric razor) · sk holiaci strojček (electric razor) · hu borotva (electric razor) · sh električni brijač (electric razor) · ar مَاكِينَة حِلَاقَة (electric razor) · ja シェーバー (electric razor) · sh električna britva (electric razor) · uz ustara (electric razor) · kk электр ұстара (electric razor) · lt elektrinis skustuvas (electric razor) · tl tagapag-ahit (electric razor) · cs holicí strojek (electric razor) · es maquinilla de afeitar (electric razor) · sh електрични бријач (electric razor) · ja 剃刀 (electric razor) · th โกนหนวดไฟฟ้า (electric razor) · ur بَرْقی ریزَر (electric razor) · az elektrikli ülgüc (electric razor) · ja 電気髭剃り (electric razor) · fi parran ajaja (one who shaves) · de Rasierapparat (electric razor) · th เครื่องโกนหนวดไฟฟ้า (electric razor) · ar آلَة حِلَاقَة (electric razor) · de Elektrorasierer (electric razor) · bg бръсна́р (one who shaves) · ro mașină de ras (electric razor) · sl brivnik (electric razor) · es máquina de afeitar (electric razor) · fa-ira خودْتَرَاش (electric razor) · bn বৈদ্যুতিক রেজার (electric razor) · pt barbeador elétrico (electric razor) · fi karvojen ajaja (one who shaves) · fa-ira خودْتَرَاشِ بَرْقی (electric razor) · uk бри́тва (electric razor) · ja 髭剃り (electric razor) · lv elektriskais skuveklis (electric razor) · nb barbermaskin (electric razor) · sq brisk elektrik (electric razor) · uz elektr ustara (electric razor) · he מְכוֹנַת גִּלּוּחַ (electric razor) · tr tıraş makinesi (electric razor) · mr शेव्हर (electric razor) · id alat cukur (electric razor) · fi partakone (electric razor) · es afeitadora (electric razor) · fr rasoir (electric razor) · is rafmagnsrakvél (electric razor) · be электрабры́тва (electric razor) · ky электр устара (electric razor) · ga rásúr leictreach (electric razor) · fr rasoir électrique (electric razor) · ur اِلیکْٹْرِک ریزَر (electric razor) · et pardel (electric razor) · ka საპარსი (electric razor) · th เครื่องโกนไฟฟ้า (electric razor) · mk електричен брич (electric razor) · tg ришгираки электрикӣ (electric razor) · be бры́тва (electric razor) · uk електробри́тва (electric razor) · it rasoio (electric razor) · id pencukur (electric razor) · ru электробри́тва (electric razor) · ru брадобре́й (one who shaves) · he מכונת גילוח (electric razor) · nrf râseux êlectrique (electric razor) · hi बिजली का रेज़र (electric razor) · cmn 剃鬚刀 /剃须刀 (electric razor) · hu villanyborotva (electric razor) · ko 전기면도기 (electric razor) · sv rakapparat (electric razor) · ja 電動髭剃り (electric razor) · el ξυριστική μηχανή (electric razor) · it rasoio elettrico (electric razor) · pl golarka elektryczna (electric razor) · pt barbeador (electric razor) · tg ришгирак (electric razor) · af scheerapparaat (electric razor) · hy էլեկտրաածելի (electric razor) · ko 면도기 (electric razor) · pl golarka (electric razor) · ru бри́тва (electric razor) · ja 電動シェーバー (electric razor) · fi sähköparranajokone (electric razor) · sh електрична бритва (electric razor)