delver

English

Etymology

From Middle English delvere, from Old English delfere (“a digger”), equivalent to delve +‎ -er.

Noun

delver (plural delvers)

1. 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

• DevRel

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch delvere. Equivalent to delven +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛl.vər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: del‧ver

Noun

delver m (plural delvers)

1. a delver, a digger, an excavator

Derived terms

• gouddelver
• grafdelver

Middle English

Noun

delver

1. Alternative form of delvere