shearer

From shear +‎ -er.

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪəɹə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪɹɚ/
• (US, without the mirror–nearer merger) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪəɹə(ɹ)/, /ˈʃiɹə(ɹ)/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈʃiəɹə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈʃiɹəɹ/
• (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛːɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹə(ɹ)
• Homophone: sharer (cheer–chair merger)

shearer (plural shearers)

1. A person employed to remove the wool from animals, such as sheep. using shears.
2. A person employed in a roller mill to shear off the uneven side of the hot metal plate.
3. A piece of industrial equipment used to grind up long shafts of coal in underground mines.

• gun shearer

• hearers, rehears, reshare, reshear