English

Noun

saver ‎(plural savers)

1. One who saves.

   a saver of souls

   • 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:

     Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.

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

Latin

Verb

sāver

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of sāvor

Norman

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. (Jersey, Guernsey) to know

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 *seh₁p- ‎(“to try, to research”).

Verb

saver

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

Venetian

Etymology

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

Verb

saver

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