- a variation of pavior.
paviour
Britishnoun
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a person who lays paving
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a machine for ramming down paving
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material used for paving
Etymology
Origin of paviour
C15: from paver, from pave
Example Sentences
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But it is obvious that the paviour in a field hops the clod; that the clodhopper in a street paces the pavé.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson
He is the paviour of the high-street of Hades.
From The Infernal Marriage by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
A Rustic is a clodhopper; an Urbane is a paviour.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson
They were "maidens" among the paviour folk, and determined not to give up this honourable appellation, and let themselves be miscalled rammers.
From What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales by H. W. (Henry William) Dulcken
The ancient paviour said, his eldest son was a captain in the East Indies; and the youngest had lately inlisted as a soldier, in hopes of prospering like his brother.
From The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett
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