"window cleaner" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: window cleaners [plural], window-cleaner [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} window cleaner (plural window cleaners)
  1. A person whose job is to clean windows. Synonyms: window washer Hypernyms: cleaner Translations (person): netejavidres [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), vinduespudser [common-gender] (Danish), ikkunanpesijä (Finnish), Fensterputzer [masculine] (German), Fensterputzerin [feminine] (German), glantóir fuinneog [masculine] (Irish), lavavetri [masculine] (Italian), nettisseux dé f'nêtres [masculine] (Norman), vinduspusser [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), spălător de geamuri [masculine] (Romanian), spălător de ferestre [masculine] (Romanian), čistič okien [masculine] (Slovak), limpiacristales [masculine] (Spanish), fönsterputsare [common-gender] (Swedish), cam temizleyici (Turkish), fenätiklinükan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), fenätihiklinükan [masculine] (Volapük), fenätijiklinükan [feminine] (Volapük)
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  2. A product, such as Windex, used to clean windows. Synonyms: cleaning fluid Hypernyms: cleaner, cleaning agent Translations (product): ikkunanpesuaine (Finnish), čistič okien [masculine] (Slovak), limpiacristales [masculine] (Spanish), cam temizleyici (Turkish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

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