Meanings
shaver1
plural shavers
- One who shaves.
- A barber, one whose occupation is to shave.
- A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor.
- obsoleteslangAn extortionate bargainer; a sharper.
1 more example
The shaver is an honest friendly man as before: he has a good deal to do to smother his Welsh fire, which, you know, he has in a greater degree than some would imagine. He posts himself a good part of the year in some warm house, wins the ladies money at ombre, and convinces them, that they are highly obliged to him.
1723, John Arbuthnot, letter to Jonathan Swift - colloquialA boy; a lad; a little fellow.
"Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen," said the sergeant, "but as I have mentioned at the door to this young shaver" (which he hadn't), "I am on a chase in the name of the King, and I want the blacksmith."
1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter V, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 62
Shaver2
- A surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna young person of either sex
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Sanskritछा“young animal”
- Romanichavo“young man”
- Middle Englishschaver
- Englishshaver
From Middle English schaver; equivalent to shave + -er. In its meaning of a boy, lad, recorded since 1592, the word shaver has also been postulated to derive from Romani chavo (“young man”), which also gives us the modern slang chav, ultimately derived from Sanskrit छा (chā, “young animal”).
More words from Middle English, Romani, Sanskrit
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans scheerapparaat
- scheerapparaatelectric razor
Arabic آلَة حِلَاقَة, مَاكِينَة حِلَاقَة
- آلَة حِلَاقَة (ʔālat ḥilāqa)electric razor
- مَاكِينَة حِلَاقَة (mākīnat ḥilāqa)electric razor
Bengali বৈদ্যুতিক রেজার
- বৈদ্যুতিক রেজার (bōiddutik rejar)electric razor
Bulgarian бръсна́р, самобръсна́чка
- бръсна́р (brăsnár)one who shaves
- самобръсна́чка (samobrăsnáčka)electric razor
Chinese Mandarin 剃鬚刀 /剃须刀
- 剃鬚刀 /剃须刀 (tìxūdāo)electric razor
Czech holicí strojek
- holicí strojekelectric razor
Danish barbermaskine
- barbermaskineelectric razor
Dutch scheerapparaat
- scheerapparaatelectric razor
Estonian pardel
- pardelelectric razor
Finnish parran ajaja, karvojen ajaja
- parran ajajaone who shaves
- karvojen ajajaone who shaves
- sähköparranajokoneelectric razor
- partakoneelectric razor
French rasoir, rasoir électrique
- rasoirelectric razor
- rasoir électriqueelectric razor
German Rasierapparat, Elektrorasierer
- Rasierapparatelectric razor
- Elektrorasiererelectric razor
Greek ξυριστική μηχανή
- ξυριστική μηχανή (xyristikí michaní)electric razor
Hebrew מכונת גילוח, מְכוֹנַת גִּלּוּחַ
- מכונת גילוחelectric razor
- מְכוֹנַת גִּלּוּחַ (mekhonát gilúakh)electric razor
Hindi इलेक्ट्रिक रेज़र, बिजली का रेज़र
- इलेक्ट्रिक रेज़र (ilekṭrik rezar)electric razor
- बिजली का रेज़र (bijlī kā rezar)electric razor
Hungarian borotva, villanyborotva
- borotvaelectric razor
- villanyborotvaelectric razor
Icelandic rafmagnsrakvél
- rafmagnsrakvélelectric razor
Indonesian alat cukur, pencukur
- alat cukurelectric razor
- pencukurelectric razor
Irish rásúr leictreach
- rásúr leictreachelectric razor
Italian rasoio, rasoio elettrico
- rasoioelectric razor
- rasoio elettricoelectric razor
Japanese 剃刀, 電動シェーバー
- 剃刀 (kamisori)electric razor
- 電動シェーバー (dendō shēbā)electric razor
- シェーバー (shēbā)electric razor
- 電動髭剃り (dendō higesori)electric razor
- 電気髭剃り (denki higesori)electric razor
- 髭剃り (higesori)electric razor
Korean 면도기, 전기면도기
- 면도기 (myeondogi)electric razor
- 전기면도기 (jeon'gimyeondogi)electric razor
Latvian elektriskais skuveklis
- elektriskais skuvekliselectric razor
Lithuanian elektrinis skustuvas
- elektrinis skustuvaselectric razor
Norwegian Bokmål barbermaskin
- barbermaskinelectric razor
Polish golarka, golarka elektryczna
- golarkaelectric razor
- golarka elektrycznaelectric razor
Portuguese barbeador, barbeador elétrico
- barbeadorelectric razor
- barbeador elétricoelectric razor
Romanian mașină de ras
- mașină de raselectric razor
Russian брадобре́й, электробри́тва
- брадобре́й (bradobréj)one who shaves
- электробри́тва (elektrobrítva)electric razor
- бри́тва (brítva)electric razor
Slovak holiaci strojček
- holiaci strojčekelectric razor
Spanish maquinilla de afeitar, máquina de afeitar
- maquinilla de afeitarelectric razor
- máquina de afeitarelectric razor
- afeitadoraelectric razor
Swedish rakapparat
- rakapparatelectric razor
Tagalog tagapag-ahit
- tagapag-ahitelectric razor
Thai เครื่องโกนหนวดไฟฟ้า, เครื่องโกนไฟฟ้า
- เครื่องโกนหนวดไฟฟ้าelectric razor
- เครื่องโกนไฟฟ้าelectric razor
- โกนหนวดไฟฟ้าelectric razor
Turkish tıraş makinesi
- tıraş makinesielectric razor
Ukrainian електробри́тва, бри́тва
- електробри́тва (elektrobrýtva)electric razor
- бри́тва (brýtva)electric razor
Urdu اِلیکْٹْرِک ریزَر, بَرْقی ریزَر
- اِلیکْٹْرِک ریزَر (ilekṭrik rezar)electric razor
- بَرْقی ریزَر (barqī rezar)electric razor
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with shaver
Cite this entry
shaver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shaver
“shaver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shaver. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shaver,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shaver.
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