sweeper

About 0.32 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun One who sweeps; one whose occupation is sweeping.
2. noun One who sweeps floors or chimneys.
3. noun A detector for mines.
4. noun Any of the small, tropical marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
5. noun A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.
6. noun A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
7. noun A batsman who plays sweep shots.
8. noun A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position.

Similar words

carpet sweeper broom chimney street sweeper crossing-sweeper cleaner-up sweepwasher sweepstaker scrub wiper

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Word family

sweepers