shearer

1. 1.

   Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926)

   SynonymsMoira Shearer

   Broaderdanceractress
2. 2.

   a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles

   Broaderworkman
3. 3.

   a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals

   Broaderskilled worker

Other forms of shearer

plural

shearers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shearer

What does shearer mean?

shearer means "Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shearer?

shearer has 2 syllables: shear-er. The stress falls on "shear". In IPA it is /ˈʃɪɹɚ/.

What is another word for shearer?

Close synonyms include Moira Shearer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shearer a common word?

shearer is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.