noun
- a person or thing that shaves.
- an electric razor.
- Informal. a small boy; youngster.
- a fellow.
- a person who makes close bargains or is extortionate.
noun
- a person or thing that shaves
- Also called: electric razor, electric shaver an electrically powered implement for shaving, having reciprocating or rotating blades behind a fine metal comb or pierced foil
- informal a youngster, esp a young boy
- obsolete a person who makes hard or extortionate bargains
n.“one who shaves,” early 15c., agent noun from shave (v.); sense of “fellow, chap” is slang from 1590s. Meaning “shaving tool” is from 1550s. Mad shaver (1610s) was 17c. slang for “a swashbuckler, roisterer.”