saver

English

Etymology

to save + -er

Noun

saver (plural savers)

1. One who saves.
2. (slang) one who keeps savings more than usual.

   He's a saver, she's a spender; you think the marriage would be doomed but he keeps them from going into bankruptcy and she makes sure they have a lot of fun.

Derived terms

• lifesaver

See also

These words are easily confused with this one:

• savour, savor
• saviour, savior

Anagrams

• avers
• raves

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Guernésiais

Etymology

From Old French saveir, savoir, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre (“to know”), from Classical Latin sapiō, sapĕre (“taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to try, to research”).

Verb

saver

1. to know

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French saveir, savoir, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre (“to know”), from Classical Latin sapiō, sapĕre (“taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to try, to research”).

Verb

saver

1. to know

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Latin

Verb

sāver

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of sāvor

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) savair
• (Surmiran) saveir

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Classial Latin sapiō, sapere (“taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to try, to research”).

Verb

saver

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) to know (how to do something)

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Venetian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sapēre < Latin sapere, present active infinitive of sapiō (“taste”). Compare Italian sapere.

Verb

saver (transitive)

1. To know (how to)
2. To be able to; can