chafer

Meaning

Noun

• One who chafes.
• A vessel for heating water; hence, a dish or pan.
• A vessel for holding burning coals or hot water used as a warmer.
• Any of several scarab beetles, including the cockchafer, leaf chafer, and rose chafer

Origin

• From Middle English chaufour, chafour, from Anglo-Norman chaufour, from Latin calefactōrium; equivalent to chafe + -er.
• From Middle English chafur, chavere, from Old English ċeafor, from Proto-West Germanic *kefrō. Cognate with German Käfer and Dutch kever.