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English
Etymology
From Middle English delvere, from Old English delfere (“a digger”), equivalent to delve + -er.
Noun
delver (plural delvers)
- One who digs or delves, as with a spade.
1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 28, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 386: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[.]
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch delvere. Equivalent to delven + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛl.vər/
- Hyphenation: del‧ver
Noun
delver m (plural delvers)
- a delver, a digger, an excavator
Derived terms
Middle English
Noun
delver
- Alternative form of delvere