Usually means: Person who cuts animal wool.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word Shearer:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. shearer: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. shearer: Merriam-Webster
  3. shearer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. shearer: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Shearer, shearer: Vocabulary.com
  6. Shearer, shearer: Wordnik
  7. Shearer, shearer: Wiktionary
  8. Shearer: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. shearer: Dictionary.com
  10. Shearer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Shearer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. shearer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. shearer: Rhymezone
  14. Shearer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. shearer: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. shearer: FreeDictionary.org
  17. shearer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. Shearer: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shearer: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shearer: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SHEARER, SHEARER, SHEARER: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. shearer: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Shearer, shearer (giving a): Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Coal Mining Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See shear as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Shearer)

▸ noun:  A person employed to remove the wool from animals, such as sheep. using shears.
▸ noun:  A person employed in a roller mill to shear off the uneven side of the hot metal plate.
▸ noun:  An English surname originating as an occupation for a shearer.

Similar:
woolshearer, sheepshearer, shearman, gun shearer, shearsman, sheepo, sheepherder, unhairer, Shearsmith, sheepstealer, more...

Opposite:
grower, cultivator, planter

Phrases:
Norma Shearer, Moira Shearer, derek shearer, Harry Shearer, sheep shearer, more...

Adjectives:
sheep, good, sound, old, expert, young, fastest, former, average, bad, professional

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    silver,     gray,     charcoal,     pewter,     graphite, more...

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Similar:
woolshearer, sheepshearer, shearman, gun shearer, shearsman, sheepo, sheepherder, unhairer, Shearsmith, sheepstealer, more...

Opposite:
grower, cultivator, planter

Phrases:
Norma Shearer, Moira Shearer, derek shearer, Harry Shearer, sheep shearer, shearer moira, moira shearer king, Alan Shearer, Norma Shearer filmography, Hugh Shearer, Duncan Shearer, Al Shearer, Athole Shearer, more...

Adjectives:
sheep, good, sound, old, expert, young, fastest, former, average, bad, professional

Colors:
    silver,     gray,     charcoal,     pewter,     graphite, more...



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