divers

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

many and different“tourist offices of divers nationalities”“a person of diverse talents”Synonyms: divers(a)diverse

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.] [1913 Webster]

Every sect of them hath a divers posture.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds.— Deut. xxii. 9.[1913 Webster]

2.Several; sundry; various; more than one, but not a great number; as, divers philosophers. Also used substantively or pronominally. [1913 Webster]

Divers of Antonio's creditors.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Note: Divers is now limited to the plural; as, divers ways (not divers way). Besides plurality it ordinarily implies variety of kind. [1913 Webster]