sweeper

plural sweepers

1. One who sweeps; one whose occupation is sweeping.

   ‘I was [...] the sweeper of the seaboat. I had the job for two years. I know all about keeping boats tiddley.’

   1960, J. E. Macdonnell, Don't Gimme the Ships, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 97

2. One who sweeps floors or chimneys.
3. A detector for mines.
4. Any of the small, tropical marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
5. ball gamesA defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.

   Synonyms: libero

6. ball gamesA person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
7. ball gamesA batsman who plays sweep shots.
8. ball gamesA fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position.
9. A tree that has fallen over a river with branches extending into the water.

   ..tree will be hanging over the water about canoe level (a sweeper)..

   2007, Basic Essentials Canoe Paddling, 3rd - Page 62

   1 more example

   So named because they can sweep passengers from a boat, they can also capsize a canoe, especially when paddlers lean too far away from the sweeper..

   1975, Verne Huser, River Running: Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing, Rafting - Page 102

10. A carpet sweeper.
11. USregionalincluding Ohio; Indiana and Western Pennsylvania; including Ohio; Indiana and Western PennsylvaniaA vacuum cleaner.
12. CebuincludingregionalA group of students tasked at cleaning the homeroom after class dismissal.
13. hikingThe last person in the line of hikers that is responsible for ensuring no one gets separated from the group.
14. video gamesA character designed or capable of knocking out multiple enemies in succession, usually due to a combination of high offense and high speed.
15. slanghobbiesA large-radius, or high/medium speed corner in a racing circuit, named as such because of the ability of someone to trace the corner profile via "sweeping" motion of the arm.