Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pavior

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pavior
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who lays paving slabs.

noun

A brick or slab used for paving.

noun

A machine that is used to tamp down paving slabs.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[T]he Contract with the Pipe-water Pavior was, as he recollects, to keep the Pavement in Repair for ſix Weeks; […]"
"A "mooner," fond of staring into shop windows, or watching the labourers pulling up the pavement to inspect the gas-pipes, or listening stolidly to the dull "pech" of the paviour's rammer on the flags."

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman paviour, from pavier (“to pave”).

Word Breakdown

Root: paviour

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

paviors (plural) paviour (alternative)

Synonyms

paviour paving machine

Questions

What does pavior mean?: A person who lays paving slabs.
Where does pavior come from?: From Anglo-Norman paviour, from pavier (“to pave”).

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