diver

[ dahy-ver ]

noun

1. a person or thing that dives.
2. a person who makes a business of diving, as for pearl oysters or to examine sunken vessels.
3. British. a loon.
4. any of several other birds noted for their skill in diving.

diver

/ ˈdaɪvə /

noun

1. a person or thing that dives
2. a person who works or explores underwater
3. Also calledloom any aquatic bird of the genus Gavia, family Gaviidae, and order Gaviiformes of northern oceans, having a straight pointed bill, small wings, and a long body: noted for swiftness and skill in swimming and diving US and Canadian nameloon
4. any of various other diving birds
5. slang.
   soccer a player who pretends to have been tripped or impeded by an opposing player in order to win a free kick or penalty

Word History and Origins

Origin of diver¹

First recorded in 1500–10; dive + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Selecting a scuba or snorkel fin with a long blade is a great option for divers learning how to maximize propulsion and improve their overall technique.

From Popular-Science

Eighty years later, divers found the once-secret device tangled in an abandoned fishing net on the seafloor, and now it’s set to be put on display for everyone to see.

From Ars Technica

This is fairly similar to what you see in elite free divers, except they reach their minimum heart rate within 30 to 60 seconds.

From Outside Online

A diver working on the undersea wreckage near Indonesia also died.

From Fortune

Many areas of the country have spearfishing clubs that recruit new divers into the sport and provide tips and advice.

From Popular-Science

It was a negligent accident that cost more than 30 lives, including a salvage diver who perished working on the wreck.

From The Daily Beast

Creative planning went into this short but very sweet video of a pool diver who gets an unexpected assist.

From The Daily Beast

Dick Diver begins as the graceful, competent king of the Riviera and ends as a washed-up drunk, estranged from everyone he loves.

From The Daily Beast

The first sighting of the oarfish was an 18-footer that surprised a diver off Catalina Island.

From The Daily Beast

Zach used to be a diver, until he scarred his chest and lost his nerve when one of his dives came down on the board.

From The Daily Beast

The diver did not stop a moment longer, but swam back to the shore to his waiting friends.

From Project Gutenberg

The ends of both the tubes will remain here, while we drag them after us in the same manner as does the diver.

From Project Gutenberg

This work, which would take another week to complete, needed to be done in a diver's equipment.

From Project Gutenberg

While they were thus engaged, who should come into the bazaar but Nat Cringle, and with him their old friend the Irish diver?

From Project Gutenberg

Of course Mr. Mole and the orphan, as well as Thyra, the waiter and the diver, were summoned and came at this juncture.

From Project Gutenberg

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