shoveler

English

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

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

shoveler (plural shovelers)

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

  1. ^ “shoveller, n.1”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: 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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