shaver

shaver
    n 1: an adult male who shaves
    2: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for
       children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term
       for youngster" [syn: {child}, {kid}, {youngster}, {minor},
       {shaver}, {nipper}, {small fry}, {tiddler}, {tike}, {tyke},
       {fry}, {nestling}]
    3: a razor powered by an electric motor [syn: {shaver},
       {electric shaver}, {electric razor}]
    

Shaver \Shav"er\, n.
   1. One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave.
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   2. One who is close in bargains; a sharper. --Swift.
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   3. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
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            By these shavers the Turks were stripped. --Knolles.
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   4. A boy; a lad; a little fellow. [Colloq.] "These unlucky
      little shavers." --Salmagundi.
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            As I have mentioned at the door to this young
            shaver, I am on a chase in the name of the king.
                                                  --Dickens.
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   5. (Mech.) A tool or machine for shaving.
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   {A note shaver}, a person who buys notes at a discount
      greater than the legal rate of interest. [Cant, U.S.]
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