diver

noun

div·​er ˈdī-vər How to pronounce diver (audio)
1
: one that dives
2
a
: a person who stays underwater for long periods by having air supplied from the surface or by carrying a supply of compressed air
b
: any of various birds that obtain food by diving in water
especially : loon

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Croft was recovered shortly after, from 22 feet in the water, by local divers. Greta Cross, USA Today, 10 June 2025 The Royal Navy is testing how to use robots to seek out and detonate mines and other threats found near vital yet vulnerable undersea cables and pipelines at greater depths than a human diver can safely reach. David Szondy june 10, New Atlas, 10 June 2025 Terry Kennedy is an elderly diver who once rode with the Hells Angels and tended bar for the Doors. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 June 2025 For the new study on the , the Superhuman Lab collaborated with physiologists from South Korea to simulate the effects of submersion on the divers themselves, compared with non- Jeju residents and mainland South Koreans. Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for diver

Word History

First Known Use

1506, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of diver was in 1506

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“Diver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diver. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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