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shaver

Pronunciation:  'sheyvur

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a razor powered by an electric motor
  2. [n]  a young person of either sex (between birth and puberty); "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters"
  3. [n]  an adult male who shaves
 
 Synonyms: child, electric razor, electric shaver, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster
 
 See Also: adult male, bairn, bambino, buster, changeling, child's body, foster-child, imp, juvenile, juvenile person, kiddy, man, monkey, orphan, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, preschooler, pupil, rapscallion, rascal, razor, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, schoolchild, silly, sprog, toddler, tot, urchin, waif, yearling

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Shav"er\, n.
1. One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave.

2. One who is close in bargains; a sharper. --Swift.

3. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.

         By these shavers the Turks were stripped. --Knolles.

4. A boy; a lad; a little fellow. [Colloq.] ``These unlucky
   little shavers.''

 

 

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