shaver

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

razor

🪒

barber

💈

electric razor

electric shaver

youngster

lad

minor

small fry

nestling

tike

nipper

tiddler

tyke

child

🧒

kid

🧒

fry

safety razor

shark

🦈

sharp

shaveling

shaving

slicker

stripling

swindler

tricker

trickster

victimizer

wag

wax

welcher

welsher

young fellow

youth

shammer

cozener

circumventor

circumventer

barbershop

blade

boy

👦

chap

crook

deceiver

depilatory

extortioner

faker

fraud

hairdresser

hoodwinker

jockey

knave

rook

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃeɪvə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: schaver

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”).