Meanings
nounchimney sweep (plural chimney sweeps)
plural chimney sweeps · alternative chimney-sweep · alternative chimneysweep
- A person whose job is to clean soot from chimneys.
Synonyms: chimney sweeper, sweep-chimney
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person whose job is to clean soot from chimneys.
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Afrikaans skoorsteenveër
- skoorsteenveëroccupation
Bulgarian коминочиста́ч
- коминочиста́ч (kominočistáč)occupation
Catalan escura-xemeneies
- escura-xemeneiesoccupation
Czech kominík, kominice
- kominíkoccupation
- kominiceoccupation
Danish skorstensfejer
- skorstensfejeroccupation
Dutch schoorsteenveger, schoorsteenveegster
- schoorsteenvegeroccupation
- schoorsteenveegsteroccupation
Esperanto kamenpurigisto
- kamenpurigistooccupation
Estonian korstnapühkija
- korstnapühkijaoccupation
Finnish nuohooja, nokikolari
- nuohoojaoccupation
- nokikolarioccupation
French ramoneur, ramoneuse
- ramoneuroccupation
- ramoneuseoccupation
German Kaminkehrer, Kaminkehrerin
- Kaminkehreroccupation
- Kaminkehrerinoccupation
- Rauchfangkehreroccupation
- Rauchfangkehrerinoccupation
- Schornsteinfegeroccupation
- Schornsteinfegerinoccupation
Greek καπνοδοχοκαθαριστής
- καπνοδοχοκαθαριστής (kapnodochokatharistís)occupation
Hungarian kéményseprő
- kéményseprőoccupation
Icelandic sótari
- sótarioccupation
Irish glantóir simléar
- glantóir simléaroccupation
Italian spazzacamino, spazzacamina
- spazzacaminooccupation
- spazzacaminaoccupation
Japanese 煙突掃除人
- 煙突掃除人 (entotsu sōjinin)occupation
Korean 굴뚝 청소부
- 굴뚝 청소부 (gulttuk cheongsobu)occupation
Latin caminarius
- caminariusoccupation
Latvian skursteņslauķis
- skursteņslauķisoccupation
Norwegian Bokmål skorsteinsfeier, feier
- skorsteinsfeieroccupation
- feieroccupation
Polish kominiarz
- kominiarzoccupation
Portuguese limpador de chaminés, limpa-chaminés
- limpador de chaminésoccupation
- limpa-chaminésoccupation
Romanian coșar, hornar
- coșaroccupation
- hornaroccupation
Russian трубочи́ст
- трубочи́ст (trubočíst)occupation
Scottish Gaelic gille-mùchain
- gille-mùchainoccupation
Slovak kominár
- kominároccupation
Spanish deshollinador, limpiachimeneas
- deshollinadoroccupation
- limpiachimeneasoccupation
- deshollinadoraoccupation
Swedish sotare, skorstensfejare
- sotareoccupation
- skorstensfejareoccupation
- sotarmurreoccupation
Turkish ocakçı, baca temizleyicisi
- ocakçıoccupation
- baca temizleyicisioccupation
Ukrainian сажотру́с, комина́р
- сажотру́с (sažotrús)occupation
- комина́р (komynár)occupation
- коминя́р (komynjár)occupation
Welsh glanhäwr simneiau
- glanhäwr simneiauoccupation
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chimney sweep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chimney%20sweep
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“chimney sweep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chimney%20sweep. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chimney sweep,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chimney%20sweep.
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