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shav·er

 (shā′vər)
n.
1.
a. One who shaves.
b. A device, especially an electric razor, that is used in shaving.
2. Informal A small child, especially a boy.
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shaver

(ˈʃeɪvə)
n
1. a person or thing that shaves
2. (Hairdressing & Grooming) Also called: electric razor or electric shaver an electrically powered implement for shaving, having reciprocating or rotating blades behind a fine metal comb or pierced foil
3. informal a youngster, esp a young boy
4. obsolete a person who makes hard or extortionate bargains
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shav•er

(ˈʃeɪ vər)

n.
1. a person or thing that shaves.
2. an electric razor.
3. Informal. a small boy; youngster.
4. a fellow.
5. a person who makes close bargains or is extortionate.
[1375–1425]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.shaver - an adult male who shavesshaver - an adult male who shaves    
adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
2.shaver - a young person of either sexshaver - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
child's body - the body of a human child
juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed
bairn - a child: son or daughter
buster - a robust child
changeling - a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child - a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age; "Mozart was a child prodigy"
foster child, foster-child, fosterling - a child who is raised by foster parents
scamp, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag - one who is playfully mischievous
kiddy - a young child
orphan - a child who has lost both parents
peanut - a young child who is small for his age
poster child - a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes; "she was the poster child for muscular dystrophy"
kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler - a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
silly - a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly"
sprog - a child
bambino, toddler, yearling, tot - a young child
urchin - poor and often mischievous city child
street child, waif - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"
3.shaver - a razor powered by an electric motorshaver - a razor powered by an electric motor
razor - edge tool used in shaving
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Translations
holicí strojek
barbermaskine
parranajokone
brijač
シェーバー
전기 면도기
brivnik
rakapparat
มีดโกนไฟฟ้า
dao cạo điện

shaver

[ˈʃeɪvəʳ] N
1. (electric) → máquina f de afeitar, rasuradora f eléctrica (LAm)
2. young shavermuchachuelo m, rapaz m, chaval m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

shaver

[ˈʃeɪvər] n (also electric shaver) → rasoir m électriqueshaver outlet (US) shaver point nprise f pour rasoir électrique
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

shaver

n
(= razor)Rasierapparat m
(inf) young shaverjunger Bengel (inf); (as address) → junger Freund
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

shaver

[ˈʃeɪvəʳ] n (also electric shaver) → rasoio elettrico
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

shaver

آلَةُ حِلاقَة holicí strojek barbermaskine Rasierapparat ηλεκτρική ξυριστική μηχανή máquina de afeitar, maquinilla de afeitar parranajokone rasoir brijač rasoio elettrico シェーバー 전기 면도기 scheerapparaat barbermaskin golarka barbeador elétrico, máquina de barbear elétrica бритва rakapparat มีดโกนไฟฟ้า tıraş makinesi dao cạo điện 剃须刀
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

shaver

n (también electric —) V. electric razor bajo razor.
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
References in classic literature ?
Jones being impatient to be drest, for a reason which may be easily imagined, thought the shaver was very tedious in preparing his suds, and begged him to make haste; to which the other answered with much gravity, for he never discomposed his muscles on any account, " Festina lente , is a proverb which I learned long before I ever touched a razor."--"I find, friend, you are a scholar," replied Jones.
"Mine, master shaver," said Don Quixote, "will not be impertinent, but, on the contrary, pertinent."
"Yes, my youngster; so that in that country you'd be toddling after your mammy yet, and that old chap yonder, who looks about fifty, would only be a little shaver of four and a half."
And I, a little shaver of seven, my heart in my mouth, my trembling body strung tense as a deer's on the verge of flight, peered wonderingly in at the open door and learned more of the strangeness of men.
You're a driver in disguise, a screwer by deputy, a wringer, and squeezer, and shaver by substitute.
"Excuse me, ladies and gentleman," said the sergeant, "but as I have mentioned at the door to this smart young shaver" (which he hadn't), "I am on a chase in the name of the king, and I want the blacksmith."
And as he's a real shaver, I'll have the minister or some other responsible man for an indorser."
Just as this change had been effected, there presented himself for shaving, a big, burly, good-humoured coal-heaver with a pipe in his mouth, who, drawing his hand across his chin, requested to know when a shaver would be disengaged.
Then two or three boys laughed and sneered, and a big, brutal fellow who was standing in the middle of the room picked up a slipper, and shied it at the kneeling boy, calling him a snivelling young shaver. Then Tom saw the whole, and the next moment the boot he had just pulled off flew straight at the head of the bully, who had just time to throw up his arm and catch it on his elbow.
I've known him ever since I was a shaver. He didn't have the price of a square meal when he hit this section and begun leasin' land from my folks.
'And who's this shaver?' said one of the gentlemen, taking hold of me.
'Good bye, young shaver!' said the jolly Carrier, bending down to kiss the child; which Tilly Slowboy, now intent upon her knife and fork, had deposited asleep (and strange to say, without damage) in a little cot of Bertha's furnishing; 'good bye!