delver
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English delvere, from Old English delfere (“a digger”), equivalent to delve + -er.
Noun
editdelver (plural delvers)
- One who digs or delves, as with a spade.
- 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 28, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 386:
- Their armour and weapons were found at times, by delvers and dykers, for centuries after; are found at times unto this day, beneath the rich drained cornfields which now fill up that black half-mile[.]
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editDutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch delvere. Equivalent to delven + -er.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdelver m (plural delvers)
Derived terms
editMiddle English
editNoun
editdelver
- Alternative form of delvere
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