diver Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun someone who works underwater
frogman; underwater diver.
noun someone who dives (into water)
plunger.
noun large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes
loon.

One who, or that which, dives.
Divers and fishers for pearls. Woodward.
Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business. "A diver into causes." Sir H. Wotton.
(Zoöl.) Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), or the allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agility in diving. ✍ The northern diver (Urinator imber) is the loon; the black diver or velvet scoter (Oidemia fusca) is a sea duck. See Loon, and Scoter.