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caver

American  
[key-ver] / ˈkeɪ vər /

noun

  1. a person who studies or explores caves.


Etymology

Origin of caver

First recorded in 1645–55; cave + -er 1

Example Sentences

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The first missing caver was brought to safety at 15:30 BST on Friday, the second at 02:30 on Saturday and the third two hours later.

From BBC

The first part of the cave system, Redhouse Lane Swallet, was originally found in the 1990s by Paul Taylor, a caver from Gloucester.

From BBC

Josh, 15, had joined friend Draigen and his mother Kate, an experienced climber, caver and adventurer, for what was meant to be an exhilarating trip through an underground slate mine system near Blaenau Ffestiniog in Gwynedd.

From BBC

Caver Ottavia Piana has been airlifted to hospital after a painstaking rescue deep underground in a cave system in the Bergamo area of northern Italy.

From BBC

Instagram photo seekers are "killing" special places, says a caver, after volunteers hauled piles of rubbish out of a 19th Century mine filled with dumped cars.

From BBC