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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Diver \Div"er\, n. 1. One who or that which dives. Divers and fishers for pearls. --Woodward. 2. Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business. ``A diver into causes.'' --Sir H. Wotton. 3. (Zo["o]l.) Any bird of certain genera, as {Urinator} (formerly {Colymbus}), or the allied genus {Colymbus}, or {Podiceps}, remarkable for their agility in diving. 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: diver n 1: someone who works underwater [syn: {frogman}, {underwater diver}] 2: someone who dives (into water) 3: large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back related to the grebes [syn: {loon}]
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