sweeper
/ˈswipɚ/ noun C2- One who sweeps; one whose occupation is sweeping.
- One who sweeps floors or chimneys.
- A detector for mines.
- Any of the small, tropical marine perciform fishes of the family Pempheridae, typically with deeply keeled, compressed bodies and large eyes.
- A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.
- A person who sweeps the ice ahead of the rock in play.
- A batsman who plays sweep shots.
- A fielding position along the boundary; a fielder in this position.
Plural sweepers
From the library
The news of Nag’s death was all over the garden, for the sweeper had thrown the body on the rubbish-heap.
“Nagaina came to the bathroom sluice and called for Nag,” Darzee went on, “and Nag came out on the end of a stick--the sweeper picked him up on the end of a stick and threw him upon the rubbish heap.
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