Cleaver

See also: cleaver

English

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Cleaver (surname)

Wikipedia

Etymology

Occupational surname for someone who split wood, from Middle English clevere (“one who cleaves”).

Proper noun

Cleaver (plural Cleavers)

1. A surname from Middle English.
   • 2015 June 18, Nate Chinen, “Review: Eric Revis Trio Lets the Music Lead the Way at the Jazz Gallery”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 16 June 2022:

     The Eric Revis Trio, featuring the pianist Kris Davis, the bassist Eric Revis and the drummer Gerald Cleaver performing at the Jazz Gallery.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cleaver is the 7387^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4509 individuals. Cleaver is most common among White (84.28%) and Black/African American (10.49%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cleaver”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 343.

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Cleaver m (strong, genitive Cleavers, plural Cleavers)

1. cleaver

Declension

Declension of Cleaver [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Cleaver	die	Cleavers
genitive	eines	des	Cleavers	der	Cleavers
dative	einem	dem	Cleaver	den	Cleavers
accusative	einen	den	Cleaver	die	Cleavers