Meanings
trev1
nountrev (plural trevs)
plural trevs
- New ZealandslangA farm assistant or other rural worker; an ordinary country bloke.
trev2
nountrev (plural trevs)
plural trevs
- alternativeAlternative form of tref (“ancient hamlet”)
This fixes for us the number of homesteads or tyddyns in the trev.
1890, Frederic Seebohm, The English Village Community, page 204
Trev3
proper nounTrev (plural Trevs)
plural Trevs · alternative Trevs
- A diminutive of the male given name Trevor.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn urban lower-class youth.
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Origin
trev · noun
New Zealand slang sense: from characters named Trev in a television comedy of the 1970s. See Fred Dagg.
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APA
trev. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trev
MLA
“trev.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trev. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trev,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trev.
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