Shearer

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who shears
  • noun. A dyadic determining a simple shear.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person employed to remove the wool from sheep using shears.
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  • noun. a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles
  • noun. Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926)
  • noun. a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals
  • Word Usage
    "He went on strike, as they do in this country, and just before the final collapse we had those extraordinary strikes known as the shearer strikes in the interior and the marine strike along the coast; until the business men, the wholesale men, were sworn in as constables and marched day and night with baton and revolver in order to keep life and property secure."
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    clearer  dearer  mirror  nearer  queerer  
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