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shoveler en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English schoveler, equivalent to shovel + -er.

Meanings

1. One who, or that which, shovels.
   • The sand was loaded by 3 shovelers into wheelbarrows holding 3.6 cu. ft. each... 1910, Halbert Powers Gillette, Handbook of cost data for contractors and engineers:

Forms

Translations (1)

hu lapátoló (one who shovels)

shoveler en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle English shoulere, shovellewre, shovelere, schoueler, alteration of earlier schovelerd, schulerde, schevelard (“shovelard”), from schovel (“shovel”), perhaps influenced by malard (“mallard”), on model of Middle Dutch lepelaar (“spoonbill”), with Middle English -ard replacing -aar and later itself replaced by Middle English -er, but not completely certain. Probably at least influenced by the shape of the bill and its feeding behavior.

Meanings

1. Any of four species of dabbling duck, in the genus Anas, with distinctive spatulate bills.

Forms

Deriveds

red shoveler · Cape shoveler · northern shoveler · Australasian shoveler

Translations (16)

bg лопатар (certain ducks with spoon-like bills) · mi pūtaitai (certain ducks with spoon-like bills) · mi papaunguungu (certain ducks with spoon-like bills) · de Löffelente (certain ducks with spoon-like bills) · mi kuruwhengu (certain ducks with spoon-like bills) · vo spunadök (certain ducks with spoon-like bills) · hu kanalas réce (certain ducks with spoon-like bills) · mi kuruwhengi (certain ducks with spoon-like bills) · es pato cucharo (certain ducks with spoon-like bills) · ru у́тка-коротконо́ска (certain ducks with spoon-like bills) · es cuchara común (certain ducks with spoon-like bills) · cs lžičák (certain ducks with spoon-like bills) · it mestolone (certain ducks with spoon-like bills) · bg клокач (certain ducks with spoon-like bills) · nl slobeend (certain ducks with spoon-like bills) · vec fofano (certain ducks with spoon-like bills)