"shoeshiner" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shoeshiners [plural]
Etymology: From shoe + shiner. Etymology templates: {{com|en|shoe|shiner}} shoe + shiner Head templates: {{en-noun}} shoeshiner (plural shoeshiners)
  1. A person who shines shoes and other footwear, usually for a fee. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: bootblack, shoeblack, shoeshine boy Translations (person who shines shoes): ваксаджия (vaksadžija) (Bulgarian), enllustrador de sabates [masculine] (Catalan), 擦鞋工 (cāxiégōng) (Chinese Mandarin), skopudser [common-gender] (Danish), kengänkiillottaja (Finnish), cireur de chaussures [masculine] (French), cireuse de chaussures [feminine] (French), cireur de bottes [masculine] (French), cireuse de bottes [feminine] (French), cireur [masculine] (French), cireuse [feminine] (French), Schuhputzer [masculine] (German), Schuhputzerin [feminine] (German), λούστρος (loústros) [masculine] (Greek), lustrascarpe [masculine] (Italian), 靴磨き (kutsumigaki) (alt: くつみがき) (Japanese), pucybut [masculine] (Polish), czyścibut [masculine] (Polish), engraxate [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), lustragiu [masculine] (Romanian), văcsuitor [masculine] (Romanian), văcsuitoare [feminine] (Romanian), чи́стильщик сапо́г (čístilʹščik sapóg) [masculine] (Russian), чи́стильщик о́буви (čístilʹščik óbuvi) [masculine] (Russian), lustrabotas (Spanish), skoputsare [common-gender] (Swedish), limpyabota (Tagalog), ayakakbı boyacısı (Turkish), lostracı (Turkish), чисти́льник взуття (čystýlʹnyk vzuttja) (Ukrainian), jukilekluinan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), jukihilekluinan [masculine] (Volapük), jukijilekluinan [feminine] (Volapük)

Inflected forms

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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čystýlʹnyk vzuttja",
      "sense": "person who shines shoes",
      "word": "чисти́льник взуття"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person who shines shoes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jukilekluinan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person who shines shoes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jukihilekluinan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person who shines shoes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jukijilekluinan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shoeshiner"
}

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