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shoeshiner

shoeshiner noun: a person who shines shoes and other footwear, usually for a fee.

Noun

shoeshiner (plural shoeshiners)

  1. A person who shines shoes and other footwear, usually for a fee.
    • Finally, with the help of a group of shoeshiners, everything is clarified, the police arrest the criminals; Arlindo is set free.2012, E. Bueno, Amácio Mazzaropi in the Film and Culture of Brazil

shoeshiner meaning in Tamil, Tagalog and Arabic

shoeshiner in Tamil

காலணி மெருகூட்டுபவர்

shoeshiner in Tagalog

person who shines shoes
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shoeshiner in Arabic

person who shines shoes
مَاسِح أَحْذِيَة māsiḥ ʔaḥḏiya, مَاسِح الْأَحْذِيَة māsiḥ al-ʔaḥḏiya

Synonyms of shoeshiner

Forms of shoeshiner

pluralshoeshiners

Origin of shoeshiner

From shoe + shiner.

Questions about shoeshiner

What does shoeshiner mean?
Shoeshiner means a person who shines shoes and other footwear, usually for a fee.
What is shoeshiner in Tamil?
Shoeshiner in Tamil is காலணி மெருகூட்டுபவர். See Shoeshiner meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is shoeshiner?
Shoeshiner is a noun.
What is the plural of shoeshiner?
The plural of shoeshiner is shoeshiners.

Words near shoeshiner in the dictionary

  1. shoeshine boys
  2. shoeshine brush
  3. shoeshine brushes
  4. shoeshine girl
  5. shoeshine girls
  6. shoeshiner
  7. shoeshiners
  8. shoeshines
  9. shoeshop
  10. shoeshops
  11. shoesies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: shoeshiner (page history and authors); shoeshiner (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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