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Definition of Claviger
1. n. One who carries the keys of any place.
2. n. One who carries a club; a club bearer.
Definition of Claviger
1. a club-bearer [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Claviger
Literary usage of Claviger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Western Diptera: Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Diptera from the by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken (1877)
"... has the last abdominal segment likewise distinctly swollen, especially when
seen from the side. Stigma pale brownish; antennae uniformly black claviger. ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1899)
"trict, developed double tertian fever from the bites of the anopheles claviger,
examples of which on subsequent examination were shown to contain the ..."