Plural of shearer

Forms of shearer

Shearers in a sentence

• Blade shearers could shear, crutch, mules or dag sheep anywhere they were needed.2007, Graeme R. Quick, Remarkable Australian Farm Machines: Ingenuity on the Land. From the entry dag
• Skilled sheep shearers can get the wool off a ewe in two shakes of a lamb's tail.2005 December 15, Adrian Higgins, “And All the Trimmings”, in Washington Post, page H01. From the entry in two shakes
• Shearers took the best cook and accommodation, refusing to share either with the shedhand.1999, David Palmer, Ross Shanahan, Martin Shanahan, Australian Labour History Reconsidered, page 26. From the entry shedhand
• There is no doubt he was one of the best shearers I′d ever picked up for when I used to rouseabout.2007, Barry Heard, The View from Connor's Hill: A Memoir, Large print (16 point) edition, page xi. From the entry mollydooker
• It provides terms and conditions including rates of pay, hours of work and general conditions for shearers, crutchers, wiggers, ringers, shedhands, wool-pressers and cooks.2010, D. J. Cottle, International Sheep and Wool Handbook, page 743. From the entry crutcher

Meaning of shearer

1. noun A person employed to remove the wool from animals, such as sheep. using shears.
2. noun A person employed in a roller mill to shear off the uneven side of the hot metal plate.
3. noun A piece of industrial equipment used to grind up long shafts of coal in underground mines.

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What is the plural of shearer?

The plural of shearer is shearers.

Is shearer countable?

Shearer is a countable noun.