Thesaurus: diver

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1. n. One who, or that which, dives.
2. n. Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business.
3. n. Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), or the allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agility in diving.
4. n. someone who works underwater
5. n. someone who dives (into water)
6. n. large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the Northern Hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes
7. 1. One who, or that which, dives. Divers and fishers for pearls. Woodward. 2. Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business. "A diver into causes." Sir H. Wotton. 3. (Zoöl.) Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), or the allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agility in diving. Note: The northern diver (Urinator imber) is the loon; the black diver or velvet scoter (Oidemia fusca) is a sea duck. See Loon, and Scoter.
8. Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), orthe allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agilityin diving.
9. n:100 n. someone who works underwater n. someone who dives (into water)