shoveler

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English

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A Red Shoveler
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Etymology 1

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From Middle English schoveler, equivalent to shovel +‎ -er.[1]

Noun

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shoveler (plural shovelers)

  1. One who, or that which, shovels.
    • 1910, Halbert Powers Gillette, Handbook of cost data for contractors and engineers:
      The sand was loaded by 3 shovelers into wheelbarrows holding 3.6 cu. ft. each...
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English shoulere, shovellewre, shovelere, schoueler, alteration of earlier schovelerd, schulerde, schevelard (“shovelard”), from schovel (“shovel”), perhaps influenced by malard (“mallard”),[2] on model of Middle Dutch lepelaar (“spoonbill”), with Middle English -ard replacing -aar and later itself replaced by Middle English -er, but not completely certain.[3] Probably at least influenced by the shape of the bill and its feeding behavior.

Noun

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shoveler (plural shovelers)

  1. Any of four species of dabbling duck, in the genus Anas, with distinctive spatulate bills.
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References

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  1. ^ “shoveller, n.1”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ “shoveler, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  3. ^ “shovelard, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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