Diver

Diver

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Diver or divers can refer to:

Animals

People

  • An English spelling of an Irish surname prevalent in Northern County Donegal, Ireland
  • Alfred Diver (1823–1876), English cricketer
  • Bridget Diver, watch guard in the American Civil War
  • Colin Diver, president of Reed College in Portland, Oregon, USA
  • Danny Diver, former manager of East Stirlingshire Football CLub
  • Joe Diver, Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Derry
  • Stuart Diver, ski instructor, sole survivor of the 1997 Thredbo landslide
  • Teri Diver (1971–2001), American porn star and director
  • William Diver (1921–1995), founder of the Columbia School of Linguistics
  • Edward Divers (1837–1912), British chemist

Other uses

  • V-1 flying bomb, code named "diver" by the British World War II armed forces
    • Operation Diver, the British countermeasures against the German V-1 flying bomb campaign
  • Diver (Transformers), several characters in the Transformers universe
  • Diver (vinyl), a 7" song album by A Wilhelm Scream, released in early 2006
  • divers, an old adjective meaning "many, various".
    • Divers hands, an archaic phrase used to say that a project has been contributed to by many people
  • As an automatic translation of Dutch duiker, which can also mean the small antelope called a duiker

See also

  • All pages with titles containing "diver"

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  • Diver (EP) — Diver EP by A Wilhelm Scream Released February 8, 2006 …   Wikipedia

  • Diver — Div er, n. 1. One who, or that which, dives. [1913 Webster] Divers and fishers for pearls. Woodward. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business. A diver into causes. Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo[ o]l.)… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • diver — c.1500, agent noun from DIVE (Cf. dive) …   Etymology dictionary

  • diver — ► NOUN 1) a person who dives under water as a sport or as part of their work. 2) a large diving waterbird with a straight pointed bill …   English terms dictionary

  • diver — [dī′vər] n. one that dives; specif., a) a person who works or explores underwater, usually breathing air supplied through a special mask or helmet b) any of several diving water birds, esp. a loon …   English World dictionary

  • diver — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. high diver, fancy diver, submarine diver, deep sea diver, aquanaut, pearl diver, sponge diver, skin diver, scuba diver, underwater reconnaissance specialist, frogman, swimmer, athlete, competitor, sky diver, parachute… …   English dictionary for students

  • diver — Synonyms and related words: bather, bathing beauty, bathing girl, cannon, cutpurse, deep sea diver, dip, free diver, frogman, jumper, mermaid, merman, natator, parachute jumper, pearl diver, plunger, scuba diver, skin diver, sky diver, snorkel… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • Diver — Der Diver (engl.: Taucher) ist eine Jubelform im Fußball, bei dem der Spieler (zumeist der Torschütze) mit gestrecktem Körper bäuchlings über den (vorzugsweise nassen) Rasen rutscht. Als „Erfinder“ des Divers gilt der ehemalige Premier League… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Diver — Unlike many apparently obvious surnames, this interesting and quite rare example, actually reflects what it means. It is either a nickname for a good swimmer from the pre 8th century Norse Viking dyfa or it can be locational and describe a former …   Surnames reference

  • díver — adj. divertido. ❙ «Sol, playa, dunas, mogollón de deportes acuáticos... ¿Qué tal una semanita en plan díver?» Ragazza, n.° 101. ❙ ▄▀ «¡Vamos a cenar en el jardín. Qué díver!» …   Diccionario del Argot "El Sohez"

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