Definitions for navvy
ˈnæv inavvy

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. drudge, peon, navvy, galley slave(noun)

   a laborer who is obliged to do menial work

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1. navvy(Noun)

   a laborer on a civil engineering project such as a canal or railroad

Origin: from the navigation canals upon which these workers first toiled

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1. Navvy(noun)

   originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc

Origin: [Abbreviated fr. navigator.]

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1. Navvy

   Navvy, a shorter form of navigator or navigational engineer, is particularly applied to describe the manual labourers working on major civil engineering projects. The term was coined in the late 18th century in Great Britain when numerous canals were being built, which were also sometimes known as "navigations", or "eternal navigations", intended to last forever.

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1. Navvy

   nav′i, n. a labourer—originally a labourer on a navigation or canal: a machine for digging out earth, &c.—called also French navvy:—pl. Navv′ies. [A contr. of navigator.]

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1. Navvy

   Originally the name of a labourer employed in the construction of canals for inland navigation. An alehouse set up beside one of the earliest canals bore the sign of the “Navigation Inn,” and those who frequented it were called Navigators. This term soon became shortened into Navvies.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of navvy in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of navvy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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