"shearer" meaning in English

See shearer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: shearers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹə(ɹ) Etymology: From shear + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shear|er}} shear + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} shearer (plural shearers)
  1. A person employed to remove the wool from animals, such as sheep. using shears. Categories (topical): People Translations (person employed to remove the wool from sheep): tonedor [masculine] (Catalan), қырқушы (qyrquşy) (Kazakh), күзеуші (küzeuşı) (Kazakh), стри́гар (strígar) [masculine] (Macedonian), kaikutikuti (Maori), tunzător [masculine] (Romanian), esquilador [masculine] (Spanish), kırkıcı (Turkish), kırkımcı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-shearer-en-noun-urTC~Sar Disambiguation of People: 40 60 Disambiguation of 'person employed to remove the wool from sheep': 70 30
  2. A person employed in a roller mill to shear off the uneven side of the hot metal plate. Categories (topical): Hair, Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-shearer-en-noun-LhcmsLla Disambiguation of Hair: 18 82 Disambiguation of Occupations: 29 71 Disambiguation of People: 40 60 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 29 71 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gun shearer

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "person employed to remove the wool from sheep",
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      "sense": "person employed to remove the wool from sheep",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "person employed to remove the wool from sheep",
      "word": "kırkıcı"
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      "sense": "person employed to remove the wool from sheep",
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