"haver" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈheɪvə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈheːvəɹ/ [Scotland], /ˈavə/ [Cumbria, Yorkshire] Forms: havers [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from Scots haver, from Middle English haver, from Old Norse hafri (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Germanic *habrô (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”). Cognate with Dutch haver (“oats”) and German Hafer (“oat”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|haver}} Scots haver, {{der|en|enm|haver}} Middle English haver, {{der|en|non|hafri||oat, oats}} Old Norse hafri (“oat, oats”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*habrô||oat, oats}} Proto-Germanic *habrô (“oat, oats”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*kapro-||goat}} Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”), {{cog|nl|haver||oats}} Dutch haver (“oats”), {{cog|de|Hafer||oat}} German Hafer (“oat”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} haver (plural havers)
  1. (UK, Scotland, dialect) Oats (the cereal). Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal Categories (lifeform): Grains Derived forms: haver bread, haver-grass Related terms: haversack
    Sense id: en-haver-en-noun-beOTEN34 Disambiguation of Grains: 39 7 21 10 7 16 Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 9 28 15 9 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈhævɚ/ [General-American], /ˈhævə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-haver.wav Forms: havers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English haver, havere, equivalent to have + -er. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{inh|en|enm|haver}} Middle English haver, {{suf|en|have|er|id2=agent noun}} have + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} haver (plural havers)
  1. One who has something (in various senses).
    Sense id: en-haver-en-noun-SebjRUfz
  2. (law, Scotland) The person who has custody of a document. Tags: Scotland Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-haver-en-noun-kkoQoOIT Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 9 28 15 9 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 16 84 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: holder, possessor Derived forms: sex-haver
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Forms: haverim [plural]
Etymology: From Hebrew חבר. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|he|חבר}} Hebrew חבר Head templates: {{en-noun|haverim}} haver (plural haverim)
  1. Alternative form of chaver Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: chaver
    Sense id: en-haver-en-noun-fut9D7RA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 9 28 15 9 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Verb

IPA: /ˈheɪvə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈheːvəɹ/ [Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-haver2.wav Forms: havers [present, singular, third-person], havering [participle, present], havered [participle, past], havered [past]
Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from Scots haiver. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|haiver}} Scots haiver Head templates: {{en-verb}} haver (third-person singular simple present havers, present participle havering, simple past and past participle havered)
  1. (British) To hem and haw. Tags: British
    Sense id: en-haver-en-verb-~7WohiIm Categories (other): British English
  2. (Scotland) To talk foolishly; to chatter. Tags: Scotland Synonyms: babble, haiver, maunder
    Sense id: en-haver-en-verb-KONHswKw Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 9 28 15 9 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:",
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          "ref": "2012, Robert Kurzban, Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite, page 186:",
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          "ref": "2022 December 2, Tessa Flores, “What Our Shopping Editors Are Buying From Sephora's Holiday Sale”, in Huffington Post:",
          "text": "As a haver of eczema and chronically parched skin, I know I can always return to this nourishing formula that uses soothing colloidal oatmeal and allantoin as well as shea butter which works to protect the skin barrier.",
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          "ref": "1988, The Proclaimers, I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles):",
          "text": "And if I haver, yeah I know I’m gonna be / I’m gonna be the man who’s havering to you.",
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          "ref": "2004, James Campbell, “Boswell and Mrs. Miller”, in Wendy Lesser, editor, The Genius of Language, page 194:",
          "text": "She havers on about her \"faither\" and \"mirra\" and the \"wee wean,\" her child, and \"hoo i wiz glaiket but bonny forby.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To talk foolishly; to chatter."
      ],
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          "talk"
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          "foolishly",
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        "(Scotland) To talk foolishly; to chatter."
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          "word": "babble"
        },
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          "word": "haiver"
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          "word": "maunder"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈheːvəɹ/",
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      "rhymes": "-eɪvə(ɹ)"
    }
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}

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      "word": "haver bread"
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      "word": "haver-grass"
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      "word": "haversack"
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        "Oats (the cereal)."
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      "ipa": "/ˈavə/",
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          "ref": "c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:",
          "text": "It is held / That valour is the chiefest virtue, and / Most dignifies the haver: if it be, / The man I speak of cannot in the world / Be singly counterpoised.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Robert Kurzban, Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite, page 186:",
          "text": "Because abortion would no longer be an issue (except, again, in the case of criminal sex-havers), Democrats and republicans would stop fighting […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 July 23, Katy Waldman, “A Sociologist Examines the \"White Fragility\" That Prevents White Americans from Confronting Racism”, in New Yorker:",
          "text": "Yet, DiAngelo writes, white people cling to the notion of racial innocence, a form of weaponized denial that positions black people as the \"havers\" of race and the guardians of racial knowledge.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 December 2, Tessa Flores, “What Our Shopping Editors Are Buying From Sephora's Holiday Sale”, in Huffington Post:",
          "text": "As a haver of eczema and chronically parched skin, I know I can always return to this nourishing formula that uses soothing colloidal oatmeal and allantoin as well as shea butter which works to protect the skin barrier.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "One who has something (in various senses)."
      ],
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          "has",
          "have"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "Scottish English",
        "en:Law"
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      "glosses": [
        "The person who has custody of a document."
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          "document"
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        "(law, Scotland) The person who has custody of a document."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhævɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "/ˈhævə/",
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      "word": "holder"
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      "word": "possessor"
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  "word": "haver"
}

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        "Alternative form of chaver"
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}

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