sweeper

sweep·er  (swpr)

n.

1. One that sweeps.

2. A carpet sweeper.

3. Sports A lone defender who plays between the last line of defenders and the goal in some defensive configurations in soccer.

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sweeper [ˈswiːpə]

n

1. a person employed to sweep, such as a roadsweeper

2. any device for sweeping a carpet sweeper

3. (Team Sports / Soccer) Informal Soccer a player who supports the main defenders, as by intercepting loose balls, etc.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sweeper - an employee who sweeps (floors or streets etc.) employee - a worker who is hired to perform a job
	2.	sweeper - a cleaning implement with revolving brushes that pick up dirt as the implement is pushed over a carpet carpet sweeper cleaning device, cleaning equipment, cleaning implement - any of a large class of implements used for cleaning
	3.	sweeper - little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body teleost, teleost fish, teleostan - a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei family Pempheridae, Pempheridae - sweepers

Translations

sweeper [ˈswiːpəʳ] N

1. (= cleaner) → barrendero/a m/f; (= machine) (for streets) → barredora f (also carpet sweeper) → cepillo m mecánico

2. (Ftbl) → líbero m

sweeper [ˈswiːpə^r] n

(= person) → balayeur/euse m/f

(= machine) → balayeuse f

(FOOTBALL) → libéro mf

sweeper

n

(= road sweeper) → Straßenkehrer(in) m(f) → or -feger(in) m(f); (= machine) → Kehrmaschine f; (= carpet sweeper) → Teppichkehrer m

(Ftbl) → Ausputzer(in) m(f)

sweeper [ˈswiːpəʳ] n

a. (worker) → spazzino/a

b. (machine) → spazzatrice f

c. (Brit) (Ftbl) → libero

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sweeper [ˈswiːpəʳ] n

a. (worker) → spazzino/a

b. (machine) → spazzatrice f

c. (Brit) (Ftbl) → libero