sweeper

 
Pronunciation: /ˈswiːpə/

noun

  • 1a person or device that cleans a floor or road by sweeping: a street sweeper
  • 2 Soccer a player stationed behind the other defenders, free to defend at any point across the field and sometimes initiating and supporting attacks.
  • 3a small nocturnal shoaling fish of reefs and coastal waters, occurring chiefly in the tropical Indo-Pacific.
    • Family Pempheridae: several genera and species, including the western Atlantic glassy sweeper (Pempheris schomburgki), with transparent young