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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shriver
Shriver \Shriv"er\, n. One who shrives; a confessor.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
shriver
"confessor," mid-14c., agent noun from shrive (v.).
Wiktionary
shriver
n. (context obsolete English) A person who shrives; a confessor
Wikipedia
Shriver
Shriver is an occupational surname. The name derives from the Indo-European root word " shrive", which came to mean "to write", and which relates to multiple modern words, including in English scribe and scrivener and in German schreiben (to write). The surname Shriver may refer to:
- Anthony Shriver (born 1965), American political activist
- Bobby Shriver (born 1954), American politician
- Brian Shriver (born 1987), American soccer player
- Bruce Shriver (born 1940), American political scientist
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921–2009), American disability rights activist
- Garner E. Shriver (1912–1998), American politician
- Lionel Shriver (born 1957), American writer
- Loren Shriver (born 1944), American astronaut
- Maria Shriver (born 1955), American journalist
- Mark D. Shriver (born 1965), American geneticist
- Mark Shriver (born 1964), American politician
- Marley Shriver (born 1937), American swimmer
- Pam Shriver (born 1962), American tennis player
- Phillip Shriver (1922–2011), American historian
- Sargent Shriver (1915–2011), American politician
- Timothy Shriver (born 1959), American nonprofit leader
Usage examples of "shriver".
When the captain left with the bippy, Shriver still remained, looking ironically after him.
In this fashion she had quickly met two Shrivers and a distant Lawford, but to Edie they would have been borderline fucks.