shearer

See also: Shearer

English

Etymology

From shear +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪəɹə(ɹ)

Noun

shearer (plural shearers)

1. A person employed to remove the wool from animals, such as sheep. using shears.
2. A person employed in a roller mill to shear off the uneven side of the hot metal plate.

Derived terms

• gun shearer

Translations

person employed to remove the wool from sheep

• Catalan: tonedor m
• Kazakh: қырқушы (qyrquşy), күзеуші (küzeuşı)
• Macedonian: стри́гар m (strígar)
• Maori: kaikutikuti
• Romanian: tunzător m
• Spanish: esquilador m
• Turkish: kırkıcı (tr), kırkımcı (tr)

Anagrams

• hearers, rehears, reshare, reshear