Fiver
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From five + -er (“supporter”) or + -er (occupational suffix).
Noun
[edit]Fiver (plural Fivers)
- (Islam) A Zaidi Shi'a Muslim.
- 1998, Emory C. Bogle, Islam: Origin and Belief, University of Texas Press, page 145:
- The three major branches or sects are the Twelvers, Seveners, and Fivers.
- 2007, Daniel McLaughlin, Yemen: The Bradt Travel Guide, Bradt, page 23:
- Whereas the largest Shi’a branch, the ‘Twelvers’, strictly believe that there were only 12 visible imams, the ’Fivers’ have recognised many more imams throughout their history.
- J. E. Peterson, Yemen on the precipice: Governing the ungovernable in 2013, Abbas Kadhim, Governance in the Middle East and North Africa: A Handbook, Routledge International Handbooks, page 306:
- (the Zaydis, or Fivers, were the first subset to break away from larger Shi’ism, and traditionally elected an imam from among the descendants of the Prophet Muhammad as their leader).
- (fandom slang) A fan of the American science-fiction television series Babylon 5.
- 2001 September 25, Steve Garrett Jr., “Re: The breen: total ripoffs of Star Wars”, in alt.startrek.vs.starwars[3] (Usenet):
- I've had hardcore Fivers point to both Jadzia Dax AND Kira as ripoffs of Ivanova (they can't decide which, I suppose) despite the fact that both premiered on DS9 first, and JMS didn't get rid of Ivanova until AFTER The Gathering, which showed when DS9 first came around.