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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
shaver
    n 1: an adult male who shaves
    2: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for
       children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term
       for youngster" [syn: child, kid, youngster, minor,
       shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke,
       fry, nestling]
    3: a razor powered by an electric motor [syn: shaver,
       electric shaver, electric razor]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Shaver \Shav"er\, n.
   1. One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave.
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   2. One who is close in bargains; a sharper. --Swift.
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   3. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
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            By these shavers the Turks were stripped. --Knolles.
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   4. A boy; a lad; a little fellow. [Colloq.] "These unlucky
      little shavers." --Salmagundi.
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            As I have mentioned at the door to this young
            shaver, I am on a chase in the name of the king.
                                                  --Dickens.
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   5. (Mech.) A tool or machine for shaving.
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   A note shaver, a person who buys notes at a discount
      greater than the legal rate of interest. [Cant, U.S.]
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