noun
- a person who digs or excavates, especially in soil or earth
- a person who searches deeply into a subject or investigates thoroughly
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The delver carefully uncovered ancient artifacts from the archaeological site.
- She was a delver into history, spending years researching forgotten documents.
- The miners were skilled delvers who knew how to extract ore safely.
- As a delver of truth, the journalist pursued the story relentlessly.
- The delver's shovel struck something hard beneath the surface.
- He became a delver of mysteries, always seeking answers to life's puzzles.