A permanent settler of coastal Newfoundland or Labrador (as opposed to seasonal, migratory fisherman). Usually applied to a year-round settler on the coast of Labrador (as opposed to summer, stationer fishing crews from Newfoundland).

Also liver, livere, liveyer, liveyere, livier. Meaning 'inhabitant' or ‘resident'. A permanent settler of coastal Newfoundland (as opposed to a migratory fisherman from England).