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woolshearer

woolshearer noun: a person employed to shear animals to obtain wool.

Noun

woolshearer (plural woolshearers)

  1. A person employed to shear animals to obtain wool.

Forms of woolshearer

pluralwoolshearers

Origin of woolshearer

From wool + shearer.

Questions about woolshearer

What does woolshearer mean?
Woolshearer means a person employed to shear animals to obtain wool.
What part of speech is woolshearer?
Woolshearer is a noun.
What is the plural of woolshearer?
The plural of woolshearer is woolshearers.

Words near woolshearer in the dictionary

  1. Woolsery
  2. woolsey
  3. Woolseyism
  4. Woolseyisms
  5. Woolseys
  6. woolshearer
  7. woolshearers
  8. woolshearing
  9. woolshears
  10. woolshed
  11. Woolshed Flat

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