Shaver
/ˈʃeɪ.vər/noun
A person who shaves or a device used for shaving.
Did you know?The noun “shaver” is also an informal British term for a young or cheeky person, preserving an old association between shaving and youthful male identity.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*skabʰ-
“To scrape, scratch, or remove a surface layer; the reconstructed source proposed for the Germanic shaving family.”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*skabijaną
“To scrape or shave.”
Old English
Old English
sceafan
“To shave, scrape, or remove by cutting against a surface.”
Middle English
Middle English
shaven
“To shave; the spelling and pronunciation developed under broader changes affecting English initial sc-/sk- sounds.”
15th–16th Century
English
shaver
“A person who shaves; formed with the agent suffix “-er” from “shave.””
Modern English
English
shaver
“A person who shaves or a shaving device; also informally, a young or cheeky person.”