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A person who is employed to sweep streets, pavements, and gutters, keeping them clear of litter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: metro aide, roadsweeper, scaffie, scaffy, scavenger, street cleaner, streetcleaner, whitewing
Antonyms: none provided
A machine used to sweep streets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a worker employed to clean streets (especially one employed by a municipal sanitation department)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: street cleaner
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cleaner
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
уличен метач
(uličen metač)
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Catalan:
escombriaire
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Catalan:
escombrador
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Catalan:
escombradora
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Chinese Cantonese:
清道夫
(cing1 dou6 fu1)
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Chinese Mandarin:
清道夫
(qīngdàofū)
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Dutch:
straatveger
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Estonian:
tänavapühkija
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Finnish:
kadunlakaisija
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Finnish:
katusiivooja
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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French:
balayeur
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Galician:
varredor
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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German:
Straßenkehrer
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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German:
Straßenfeger
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Greek:
οδοκαθαριστής
(odokatharistís)
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Hungarian:
utcaseprő
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Italian:
spazzino
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Italian:
scopino
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Japanese:
街路清掃人
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Latvian:
sētnieks
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Lithuanian:
kiemsargis
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Norman:
gratteux
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Norwegian Bokmål:
gatefeier
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
gatefeiar
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Persian:
رفتگر
(roftegar)
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Polish:
zamiatacz
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Portuguese:
varredor de rua
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Portuguese:
varredora de rua
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Portuguese:
gari
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Portuguese:
almeida
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Romanian:
măturător
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Romanian:
măturătoare
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Russian:
дво́рник
(dvórnik)
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Russian:
му́сорщик
(músorščik)
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Spanish:
barrendero
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Spanish:
barrendera
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Swedish:
gatsopare
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Swedish:
gatsoperska
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Urdu:
خاکروب
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Yoruba:
agbálẹ̀
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Yoruba:
gbálẹ̀gbálẹ̀
— person employed to sweep streets, etc.
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Catalan:
escombradora
— machine used to sweep streets
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Chinese Cantonese:
清道夫
(cing1 dou6 fu1)
— machine used to sweep streets
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Chinese Mandarin:
清道夫
(qīngdàofū)
— machine used to sweep streets
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Danish:
fejemaskine
— machine used to sweep streets
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Dutch:
veegmachine
— machine used to sweep streets
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French:
balayeuse
— machine used to sweep streets
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German:
Kehrmaschine
— machine used to sweep streets
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Greek:
σάρωθρο δρόμων
(sárothro drómon)
— machine used to sweep streets
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Hebrew:
מטאטא רחוב
— machine used to sweep streets
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Icelandic:
götusópari
— machine used to sweep streets
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Italian:
spazzatrice
— machine used to sweep streets
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Japanese:
街路清掃車
— machine used to sweep streets
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Norwegian Bokmål:
feiemaskin
— machine used to sweep streets
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
feiemaskin
— machine used to sweep streets
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Polish:
zamiatarka
— machine used to sweep streets
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Romanian:
măturătoare
— machine used to sweep streets
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Russian:
подмета́льная маши́на
(podmetálʹnaja mašína)
— machine used to sweep streets
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Spanish:
barredora
— machine used to sweep streets
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Swedish:
sopmaskin
— machine used to sweep streets
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Urdu:
خاکروب
— machine used to sweep streets
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Vietnamese:
xe quét đường
— machine used to sweep streets