"salver" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: salvers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English salver (attested only in the sense of "ointment box"), from Old English *sealfere (“salver, one who anoints”), equivalent to salve + -er. Cognate with Dutch zalver (“salver”), German Salber (“salver”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|salver}} Middle English salver, {{inh|en|ang|*sealfere||salver, one who anoints}} Old English *sealfere (“salver, one who anoints”), {{suf|en|salve|er|id2=agent noun}} salve + -er, {{cog|nl|zalver|t=salver}} Dutch zalver (“salver”), {{cog|de|Salber|t=salver}} German Salber (“salver”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} salver (plural salvers)
  1. One who salves or cures.
    Sense id: en-salver-en-noun-mDdBpnrt Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 51 49
  2. One who pretends to cure; a quacksalver.
    Sense id: en-salver-en-noun-yGdiP~36 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: salve
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: salvers [plural]
Etymology: From salve (“to save”) + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|salve|er|t1=to save}} salve (“to save”) + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} salver (plural salvers)
  1. One who salves or saves goods, etc. from destruction or loss.
    Sense id: en-salver-en-noun-ulLgBTex Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: salvers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English salver (“serving platter”), from Spanish salva (“a testing of food or drink to test for poison”), from salvar (“to save, taste food for one's master”), from Latin salvō (“save”, verb). More at save. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|salver|t=serving platter}} Middle English salver (“serving platter”), {{der|en|es|salva||a testing of food or drink to test for poison}} Spanish salva (“a testing of food or drink to test for poison”), {{der|en|la|salvō||save|pos=verb}} Latin salvō (“save”, verb) Head templates: {{en-noun}} salver (plural salvers)
  1. A tray used to display or serve food or other items (such as a visiting card). Translations (tray used to display or serve food): սկուտեղ (skuteġ) (Armenian), tarjotin (Finnish), Serviertablett [neuter] (German), Präsentierteller [masculine] (German), paplāte (Latvian), послужавник (poslužavnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), تپسی (tepsi) (Ottoman Turkish), سینی (sini) (Ottoman Turkish), подно́с (podnós) [masculine] (Russian), truinnsear [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), sosaha (Ternate)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tray used to display or serve food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Präsentierteller"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "tray used to display or serve food",
      "word": "paplāte"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "poslužavnik",
      "sense": "tray used to display or serve food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "послужавник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "tepsi",
      "sense": "tray used to display or serve food",
      "word": "تپسی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "sini",
      "sense": "tray used to display or serve food",
      "word": "سینی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podnós",
      "sense": "tray used to display or serve food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "подно́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "tray used to display or serve food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "truinnsear"
    },
    {
      "code": "tft",
      "lang": "Ternate",
      "sense": "tray used to display or serve food",
      "word": "sosaha"
    }
  ],
  "word": "salver"
}

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