shearer

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noun

A person employed to remove the wool from animals, such as sheep. using shears.

OriginEnglish shear ← Middle English scheren ← Old English sċieran →
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Meanings

shearer1

nounshearer (plural shearers)

plural shearers

  1. A person employed to remove the wool from animals, such as sheep. using shears.
  2. A person employed in a roller mill to shear off the uneven side of the hot metal plate.
  3. A piece of industrial equipment used to grind up long shafts of coal in underground mines.

Shearer2

proper noun

alternative Shira

  1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a shearer.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-
  2. Proto-Germanic*skeraną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*skeran
  4. Old Englishsċieran
  5. Middle Englishscheren
  6. Englishshear
  7. Englishshearer

From shear + -er.

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Translations

Catalan tonedor, esquilador
  • tonedorperson employed to remove the wool from sheep
  • esquiladorperson employed to remove the wool from sheep
French tondeur
  • tondeurperson employed to remove the wool from sheep
Māori kaikutikuti
  • kaikutikutiperson employed to remove the wool from sheep
Romanian tunzător
  • tunzătorperson employed to remove the wool from sheep
Spanish esquilador
  • esquiladorperson employed to remove the wool from sheep
Turkish kırkıcı, kırkımcı
  • kırkıcıperson employed to remove the wool from sheep
  • kırkımcıperson employed to remove the wool from sheep

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with shearer

clearernearerhearersteererfearerjeererpeererspearer
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Sounds the same

sharer (cheer–chair merger)

Anagrams

resharereshear
Cite this entry
APA

shearer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shearer

MLA

“shearer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shearer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shearer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shearer.

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