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- Anglo-Norman · derived fromweyver
- English todaywaiver
From Anglo-Norman weyver, from waiver. Date: 1628. By surface analysis, waive + -er.
Words from the same roots
Anglo-Normanweyver all →
waive
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege. Full definition →