Added 10 October 2026
laver
/ˈlɑːvə/ noun
Latin root: laver Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about laver at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938).
- (Old Testament) large basin used by a priest in an ancient Jewish temple to perform ritual ablutions.
- Edible red seaweeds.
Origin
From Middle English laver, lavre, lever, levre, laber (“a kind of water plant”), from Old English læfer, leber (“a rush (plant)”), a borrowing from Latin laver (“water plant”).
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