dictionary definitions for "diver"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [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 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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