SHEARER

shearer

(noun) a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals

shearer

(noun) a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles

Shearer, Moira Shearer

(noun) Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Shearer

An English occupational surname for a shearer.

Anagrams

• hearers, rehears, reshare

Etymology

Noun

shearer (plural shearers)

A person employed to remove the wool from sheep using shears.

A person employed in a roller mill to shear off the uneven side of the hot metal plate.

Anagrams

• hearers, rehears, reshare

Source: Wiktionary


Shear"er, n.

1. One who shears. Like a lamb dumb before his shearer. Acts viii. 32.

2. A reaper. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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WHOLE

(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”


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