trimmer

1. One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
2. A device used to trim. · My new electric shaver has a beard trimmer attachment.
3. A member of the crew who trims the sails.
4. Someone who fluctuates between opposing factions, political parties etc., according to current interest, a flip-flopper.
5. A beam into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys.
6. A person employed to rearrange the coal in the hold of a vessel, so that it fills the vessel without forming a conical blockage.
7. A device for storing coal in gradually increasing piles made by building up at the point of the cone or top of the prism.
8. A float bearing a baited hook and line, used in fishing for pike.

Plural trimmers