sweeper

Meaning

Noun

• One who sweeps floors or chimneys.
• A detector (for mines).
• Any of the small, tropical marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae (family), typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
• A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.
• A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
• A batsman who plays sweep shots.
• A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position.
• A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water.
• A carpet sweeper.
• A vacuum cleaner.
• A group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal.
• The last person in the line of hikers that is responsible for ensuring no one trails behind and gets separated from the group.

Origin

• From Middle English swepere, swepare, equivalent to sweep + -er.