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diver.

Someone who dives, especially as a sport.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdaɪ̯və(ɹ)/
  1. Someone who dives, especially as a sport.

  2. Someone who works underwater; a frogman.

  3. loon (Gavia spp.)

    Ireland · UK
  4. A New Zealand sand diver (Tewara cranwellae)

  5. A long-finned sand diver (Limnichthys polyactis)

  6. A passenger carrying vehicle using an underground route; specially, a diver tram, one using the former Kingsway tramway subway (1906-1952).

    London · dated
  7. A pickpocket.

    obsolete · slang
  8. A competitor in certain sports who is known to regularly imitate being fouled, with the purpose of getting his/her opponent penalised.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English dive Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English diver From dive + -er.

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