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Meaning of sweeper

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

sweeper

Pronunciation:/ˈswipɚ/

noun

Definitions

  1. One who sweeps floors or chimneys.

  2. A detector (for mines).

  3. Any of the small, tropical marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.

  4. A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.