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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Sweeper

/swēp'-ẽr/ · Sweep·er · IPA /ˈswipɚ/
01 n. One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper.
  1. 1.
    One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper.
    “It is oxygen which is the great sweeper of the economy.” Huxley.