transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈska-vən-jər ]
noun
Etymology: alteration of earlier scavager, from Anglo-French scawageour collector of scavage (duty collected from non-resident street merchants), from skawage scavage, from Middle French dialect (Flanders) escauver to inspect, from Middle Dutch scouwen; akin to Old English scēawian to look at — more at show
Date: 1530
1. chiefly British : a person employed to remove dirt and refuse from streets
2. : one that scavenges: as
a. : a garbage collector
b. : a junk collector
c. : a chemically active substance acting to make innocuous or remove an undesirable substance
3. : an organism that typically feeds on refuse or carrion