Scavengers ˈska-vən-jər noun 1 chiefly British : a person employed to remove dirt and refuse from streets 2 : one that scavenges: as a : a garbage collector b : a junk collector c : a chemically active substance acting to make innocuous or remove an undesirable substance 3 : an organism that typically feeds on refuse or carrion Origin: alteration of earlier scavager, from Anglo-French scawageour collector of scavage (duty collected from non-resident street merchants), from skawage scavage, from Middle French dialect (Flanders) escauver to inspect, from Middle Dutch scouwen; akin to Old English scēawian to look at — more at show. First use: 1530
Posted on: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 12:40:16 +0000
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