street sweeper

English

Alternative forms

street-sweeper

Noun

street sweeper (plural street sweepers)

a person who is employed to sweep streets, pavements, and gutters, keeping them clear of litter.

Synonyms

road sweeper
street cleaner, streetcleaner

Translations

person who sweeps streets

Estonian: tänavapühkija
Finnish: kadunlakaisija
French: balayeuse (fr) f
German: Straßenkehrer (de) m, Straßenfeger (de) m
Hungarian: utcaseprő (hu)
Italian: spazzino (it) m, scopino (it) m
Latvian: sētnieks m

Lithuanian: kiemsargis m
Norman: gratteux m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gatefeier m

Nynorsk: gatefeiar m
Portuguese: varredor de rua m, gari (pt) m
Romanian: măturător (ro) m, măturătoare (ro) f

References

“street-sweeper” (US) / “street-sweeper” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

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