shearer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926)
    Moira Shearer.
  2. noun a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles
  3. noun a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals

WordNet


Shear"er noun
Definitions
  1. One who shears.
    Like a lamb dumb before his shearer. Acts viii. 32.
  2. A reaper. Scot. Jamieson.
Definitions
  1. one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous nap.

Webster 1913