Diver 74820 225119386 2008-07-11T23:43:41Z Mattisse 1386816 clean up '''Diver''' can mean: *Someone who practices [[scuba diving]] or [[surface supplied diving]] *An athlete who practices [[diving]] in the sense of jumping or falling deliberately into water. *In sports, someone who falls down without contact to con referees *The British English name for a group of aquatic birds of the order [[Gaviiformes]], in North America called [[loon]]s. *British World War II armed forces code name for the German V1 [[flying bomb]]. **See [[Operation Diver]], the British countermeasures against the German V-1 flying bomb campaign **See [[Operation Crossbow]]: an Allied operation of the Second World War against the German rocket weapons *One of 2 New Zealand fish: **[[New Zealand sand diver]] **[[Long-finned sand diver]] *A transliteration of an Irish surname prevalent in Northern [[County Donegal]], Ireland. '''Divers''' can be: *The plural of any of the above. *An [[adjective]] meaning "diverse, various" or "many and varied", in older English usage including:- ** In the [[Authorized Version]] of the [[Bible]], including the phrase "divers diseases". ** In [[Francis Bacon]]'s [http://www.fbrt.org.uk/pages/essays/essay-bacon's%20good%20pens.html letters in 1679] ** In the phrase [[divers hands]]. {{disambig}} [[de:Taucher]] [[he:צולל]] [[nl:Duiker]] [[ja:ダイバー]]