sweeper
Americannoun
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a person or thing that sweeps.
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a janitor.
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any of several fishes of the family Pempherididae, of tropical and warm, temperate seas, having an oblong, compressed body.
noun
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a person employed to sweep, such as a roadsweeper
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any device for sweeping
a carpet sweeper
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informal soccer a player who supports the main defenders, as by intercepting loose balls, etc
Etymology
Origin of sweeper
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at sweep 1, -er 1
Example Sentences
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Sweeper slider: 25 pitches, .143 batting average, .571 slugging percentage, 59.3% swing-and miss rate.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023
One dangerous way to earn an income is by becoming a Space Sweeper, someone who chases down the space debris — satellites, radioactive materials, weird bits of metal —floating around from all of the construction.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2021
Twenty-year-old Laura Kramer is an apprentice to a Sweeper in the island city of Amicae in the Orien Territories, cleaning up the infestation before it gets out of control.
From The Verge • Nov. 15, 2018
But as a member of the rap rock supergroup Street Sweeper Social Club, which was formed in 2006 along with guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, he was forced to collaborate.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2018
To set herself apart from the Sweeper Class.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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