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; see pave, -ier ¹

Example Sentences

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

Jacques and Raoul and Pierre, and every peasant and pavior in Paris will come with boxes and panniers, and each of them will also demand his gold.

From The Mississippi Bubble by Hough, Emerson

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.

I expect to see you marry a pavior yet, either one who lays down or one who tears up paving-stones.”

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 2 by Various

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

From A Diversity of Creatures by Kipling, Rudyard