jarvey

English

Alternative forms

• jarvie
• jarvy

Etymology

Two origins have been suggested, although there is no solid evidence for either:

• They are named after Saint Gervais.
• They are named after a coachman named Jarvis.

Noun

jarvey (plural jarvies or jarveys)

1. (dated) A hackney coach driver [17th and 18th centuries].
2. (Ireland) The driver of a jaunting car.
   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 16:

     […] Dublin residents, like those jarvies waiting news from abroad, would tempt any ancient mariner who sailed the ocean seas to draw the long bow about the schooner Hesperus and etcetera.