Diver

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Diver \Div"er\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, dives.
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              Divers and fishers for pearls.        --Woodward.
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     2. Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or
        business. "A diver into causes." --Sir H. Wotton.
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     3. (Zool.) Any bird of certain genera, as {Urinator}
        (formerly {Colymbus}), or the allied genus {Colymbus}, or
        {Podiceps}, remarkable for their agility in diving.
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     Note: The northern diver ({Urinator imber}) is the loon; the
           black diver or velvet scoter ({Oidemia fusca}) is a sea
           duck. See {Loon}, and {Scoter}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  diver
       n 1: someone who works underwater [syn: {frogman}, {underwater
            diver}]
       2: someone who dives (into water) [syn: {plunger}]
       3: large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the
          northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back;
          related to the grebes [syn: {loon}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "diver":
     bather, bathing beauty, bathing girl, cannon, cutpurse,
     deep-sea diver, dip, free diver, frogman, jumper, mermaid, merman,
     natator, parachute jumper, pearl diver, plunger, scuba diver,
     skin diver, sky diver, snorkel diver, swimmer, wire