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diver

/ˈdaɪ̯vəɹ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Someone who dives, especially as a sport.
  2. Someone who works underwater; a frogman.
  3. The loon (bird).
  4. The New Zealand sand diver.
  5. The long-finned sand diver.
  6. A passenger carrying vehicle using an underground route; specially, a diver tram, one using the former Kingsway tramway subway (1906-1952).

Etymology / origin

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Related words

frogman(English)loon(English)underwater diver(English)scuba(English)dive(English)diving(English)springboard(English)submergence(English)padi(English)decompression(English)synchronisation(English)buoyancy(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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