Shav"er (?), n.
1.
One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave.
2.
One who is close in bargains; a sharper.
Swift.
3.
One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
By these shavers the Turks were stripped.
Knolles.
4.
A boy; a lad; a little fellow.
[Colloq.] "These unlucky little
shavers."
<-- often little shaver -->
Salmagundi.
As I have mentioned at the door to this young shaver, I am on a chase in the name of the king.
Dickens.
5. Mech.
A tool or machine for shaving.
A note shaver, a person who buys notes at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest. [Cant, U.S.]
© Webster 1913.