pavior

American  

[peyv-yer] / ˈpeɪv yər /

especially British, paviour

noun

1. a person that paves; paver.

2. a material used for paving.

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Etymology

Origin of pavior

1375–1425; alteration of late Middle English pavier; pave, -ier ¹

Example Sentences

I do not know whether my back-woods friend, or the Parisian pavior, was the first inventor of this composition, but I am satisfied the corn-cracker had not stolen it from the stone-cracker.

From Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time by Gilmore, James R.

She thumped like a pavior through the settling ashes at the secret thrill of it.

From A Diversity of Creatures by Kipling, Rudyard

For thee the sturdy pavior thumps the ground, Whilst every stroke his labouring lungs resound.”

From City Scenes or a peep into London by Darton, William

As bad luck would have it, there was trouble near, between a gentleman who had been drinking wine, and a pavior who was sober.

From The Confidence-Man by Melville, Herman

"So it is, and the gentleman was in body a rather weakly man, but, for all that, I say again, the pavior undertook something above his strength."

From The Confidence-Man by Melville, Herman