Meanings
noundelver (plural delvers)
plural delvers
- One who digs or delves, as with a spade.
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[.]
1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 28, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 386
Origin
- Old Englishdelfere“a digger”
- Middle Englishdelvere
- Englishdelver
From Middle English delvere, from Old English delfere (“a digger”), equivalent to delve + -er.
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APA
delver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delver
MLA
“delver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delver. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “delver,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delver.
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