Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Shaver

Shaver , noun

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. [Colloquial]
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.
(Mechanics) A tool or machine for shaving.
Collocations (1)
A note shaver , a person who buys notes at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest. [Cant, United States]