Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shearer

/ˈʃɪəɹə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables
shear-er
IPA
/ˈʃɪəɹə/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

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

A piece of industrial equipment used to grind up long shafts of coal in underground mines.

name

An English surname originating as an occupation for a shearer.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Proto-Germanic *skeraną Proto-West Germanic *skeran Old English sċieran Middle English scheren English shear English -er English shearer From shear + -er.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈʃɪəɹə/
  • British English: /ˈʃɪəɹə/

Inflected Forms

shearers (plural) Shira (alternative)

Derived Forms

sheepshearer woolshearer

Phrases

gun shearer

Homonyms

sharer (cheer–chair merger)

Rhymes With

mirror clearer nearer scherer dearer sherer queerer scheerer bierer hearer steerer jeerer

Questions

How do you pronounce shearer?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃɪəɹə/.
What does shearer mean?
A person employed to remove the wool from animals, such as sheep. using shears.
Where does shearer come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Proto-Germanic *skeraną Proto-West Germanic *skeran Old English sċieran Middle English scheren English shear English -er English shearer From shear + -er.

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