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Definition of Delver
1. n. One who digs, as with a spade.
Definition of Delver
1. Noun. One who digs or delves, as with a spade. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Delver
1. one that delves [n -S] - See also: delves
Lexicographical Neighbors of Delver
Literary usage of Delver
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1802)
"No time had Dick delver to play, Jn youth, he no playthings did lack ; Lonely
... Dick delver, poor fellow, fell lame— A keen frosty night nipt kis toes, ..."
2. The Library Magazine (1886)
"many a digger and delver in the cause of science has presented to them a mind
petrified by absorption in a fixed idea, and insensible to their magic ? ..."