salver

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English *salvere, from Old English *sealfere (“salver, one who anoints”), equivalent to salve +‎ -er. Cognate with Dutch zalver (“salver”), German Salber (“salver”).

NounEdit

salver (plural salvers)

1. One who salves or cures.
2. One who pretends to cure; a quacksalver.

Related termsEdit

• salve

Etymology 2Edit

From salve (“to save”) +‎ -er.

NounEdit

salver (plural salvers)

1. One who salves or saves goods, etc. from destruction or loss.

Etymology 3Edit

[circa 1660] From French salve (“tray used for presenting objects to the king”), with ending modified on the model of platter, from Spanish salva (“a testing of food or drink to test for poison”), from salvar (“to save, taste food for one's master”), from Latin salvō (“save”, verb). More at save.

NounEdit

salver (plural salvers)

1. A tray used to display or serve food or other items (such as a visiting card).

TranslationsEdit

A tray used to display or serve food.

• Armenian: սկուտեղ (hy) (skuteł)
• Finnish: tarjotin (fi)
• Latvian: paplāte

• Macedonian: послужавник m (poslúžavnik)
• Russian: подно́с (ru) m (podnós)
• Scottish Gaelic: truinnsear m

See alsoEdit

• salver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• salver on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

AnagramsEdit

• arvels, larves, lavers, ravels, revals, serval, slaver, velars, versal

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DanishEdit

NounEdit

salver c

1. plural indefinite of salve

VerbEdit

salver

1. present tense of salve

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

salver

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of salvō

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

NounEdit

salver m, f

1. indefinite plural of salve

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• salvar

NounEdit

salver m, f

1. indefinite feminine plural of salve

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Old FrenchEdit

VerbEdit

salver

1. Alternative form of sauver