Shav″er (?), n. 1. One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave.
2. One who is close in bargains; a sharper. Swift.
3. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
By these shavers the Turks were stripped. Knolles.
4. A boy; a lad; a little fellow. “These unlucky little shavers.” Salmagundi.
As I have mentioned at the door to this young shaver, I am on a chase in the name of the king. Dickens.
5. (Mech.) A tool or machine for shaving.
A note shaver, a person who buys notes at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest.