Divers : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Divers	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Divers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
divers adj many and different; "tourist offices of divers nationalities"; "a person of diverse talents" Synonym(s): divers(a), diverse
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Divers \Di"vers\, a. [F. divers, L. diversus turned in different directions, different, p. p. of divertere. See {Divert}, and cf. {Diverse}.] 1. Different in kind or species; diverse. [Obs.] Every sect of them hath a divers posture. --Bacon. Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds. --Deut. xxii. 9. 2. Several; sundry; various; more than one, but not a great number; as, divers philosophers. Also used substantively or pronominally. Divers of Antonio's creditors. --Shak. Note: Divers is now limited to the plural; as, divers ways (not divers way). Besides plurality it ordinarily implies variety of kind.