shaver

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

  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.
  5. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
  6. (colloquial) A boy; a lad; a little fellow.

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Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/ˈʃeɪvə/
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In summary

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”).

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