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    sweep·er
    /ˈswēpər/

    noun

    • 1. a person or device that cleans a floor or road by sweeping: "a street sweeper"
    • 2. a small nocturnal shoaling fish of reefs and coastal waters, occurring chiefly in the tropical Indo-Pacific.

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSWEEPER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    SWEEPER definition: 1. someone or something that sweeps something clean: 2. In football, a sweeper is a player whose…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › sweeperSweeper Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    noun. sweep· er ˈswē-pər. 1. : one that sweeps. 2. : a lone back in soccer who plays between the line of the defenders and the goal. Examples of sweeper in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web. These examples are automatically compiled from online sources to illustrate current usage.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › sweeperSweeper - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    noun. a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet. synonyms: carpet sweeper. see more. noun. little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body. see more.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySWEEPER | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    SWEEPER meaning: 1. someone or something that sweeps something clean: 2. In football, a sweeper is a player whose…. Learn more.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSWEEPER definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    noun. 1. a person employed to sweep, such as a roadsweeper. 2. any device for sweeping. a carpet sweeper. 3. sport informal. a player who plays behind the main defenders, providing an additional line of defence and intercepting loose balls. Collins English Dictionary.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › sweeperSweeper - definition of sweeper by The Free Dictionary

    n. 1. a person employed to sweep, such as a roadsweeper. 2. any device for sweeping: a carpet sweeper. 3. (Soccer) informal soccer a player who supports the main defenders, as by intercepting loose balls, etc.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishsweeper noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of sweeper noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  9. www.oed.com › dictionary › sweeper_nsweeper, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    A person employed in sweeping a room, chimney, house, ship, etc.; spec. in India, a person of the lowest caste. Also in combination, as chimney-sweeper n., crossing-sweeper n. Also attributive as sweeper caste. Those chimney houses, so foul, and black, and sooty, that they need the sweeper to come to them quickly.

  10. www.dictionary.com › browse › sweeperSWEEPER Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    noun. a person employed to sweep, such as a roadsweeper. any device for sweeping. a carpet sweeper. informal. soccer a player who supports the main defenders, as by intercepting loose balls, etc.

  11. www.britannica.com › dictionary › sweeperSweeper Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    SWEEPER meaning: 1 : a person or machine that sweeps something; 2 : a player whose position is behind other defending players