shoveler
English
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editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English schoveler, equivalent to shovel + -er.[1]
Noun
editshoveler (plural shovelers)
- One who, or that which, shovels.
- 1910, Halbert Powers Gillette, Handbook of cost data for contractors and engineers:
- The sand was loaded by 3 shovelers into wheelbarrows holding 3.6 cu. ft. each...
Translations
editone who shovels
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Etymology 2
editFrom Middle English shoulere, shovellewre, shovelere, schoueler, alteration of earlier schovelerd, schulerde, schevelard (“shovelard”), from schovel (“shovel”), perhaps influenced by malard (“mallard”),[2] on model of Middle Dutch lepelaar (“spoonbill”), with Middle English -ard replacing -aar and later itself replaced by Middle English -er, but not completely certain.[3] Probably at least influenced by the shape of the bill and its feeding behavior.
Noun
editshoveler (plural shovelers)
- Any of four species of dabbling duck, in the genus Anas, with distinctive spatulate bills.
Derived terms
editDerived terms
Translations
editcertain ducks with spoon-like bills
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References
edit- ^ “shoveller, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “shoveler, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “shovelard, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.