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di⋅vers

  [dahy-verz]
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–adjective
1. several; various; sundry: divers articles.
–pronoun
2. (used with a plural verb) an indefinite number more than one: He chose divers of them, who were asked to accompany him.
Origin:
1200–50; ME < AF, OF < L dīversus diverse
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div⋅er

  [dahy-ver]
–noun
1. a person or thing that dives.
2. a person who makes a business of diving, as for pearl oysters or to examine sunken vessels.
3. British. a loon.
4. any of several other birds noted for their skill in diving.
Origin:
1500–10; dive + -er 1
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div·er   (dī'vər)   
n.  
  1. One that dives: a high diver who excelled in performing the jackknife.
  2. One that works under water, especially one equipped with breathing apparatus and weighted clothing.
  3. Any of several diving water birds, especially the loon.
di·vers   (dī'vərz)   
adj.  Various; several; sundry.

[Middle English; see diverse.]
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Divers

Di"vers\, a. [F. divers, L. diversus turned in different directions, different, p. p. of divertere. See Divert, and cf. Diverse.]

1. Different in kind or species; diverse. [Obs.]

Every sect of them hath a divers posture. --Bacon.

Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds. --Deut. xxii. 9.

2. Several; sundry; various; more than one, but not a great number; as, divers philosophers. Also used substantively or pronominally.

Divers of Antonio's creditors. --Shak.

Note: Divers is now limited to the plural; as, divers ways (not divers way). Besides plurality it ordinarily implies variety of kind.
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Language Translation for : divers
Spanish: diverso, variado,
German: verschieden,
Japanese: いろいろの
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divers  (adj.)
c.1275, "various," from O.Fr. divers "different or odd," from L. diversus "turned different ways," in L.L. "various," pp. of divertere (see divert). Sense of "several, numerous" is recorded from 1297, referring "originally and in form to the variety of objects; but, as variety implies number, becoming an indeffinite numeral word expressing multiplicity" [OED].
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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