Shriver

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who shrives; a confessor obsolete
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English shryver, from shrive + -er.

Etymology 2

An anglicization of German Schreiber, originally designating a clerk or a writer.

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