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shearer

/ˈʃɪɹə/SHIH-rur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈʃɪɹɚ/SHIH-rur

Meaningone who shears

Common meaning: a person who shears sheep

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Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*skar- or *skal-‘shear, cut, cleave, scratch, dig’source
  2. Old EnglishsceransourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishscherensource
  4. Englishshear‘to cut wool’
  5. Englishformed in English from shearshearer‘a person who shears sheep’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from shear + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SHEAR, p.546 · scan

Source words

  • sceran Old English · source word “cutting”

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