sweeper
n.
one who sweeps; carpet sweeper, device with a revolving brush that removes dirt from carpets
Sweeper
sweeper
Noun
1. an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.)
(hypernym) employee
(derivation) sweep
2. a cleaning device with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the device is pushed over a carpet
(synonym) carpet sweeper
(hypernym) cleaning implement
(derivation) sweep
3. little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body
(hypernym) teleost fish, teleost, teleostan
(member-holonym) Pempheridae, family Pempheridae
Sweeper
(n.)
One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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