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Swabber [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One that uses a swab to clean a floor or deck; on board of ships of war, an inferior officer, whose business is to see that the ship is kept clean.

Swabber [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who swabs a floor or desk.

2. Formerly, an interior officer on board of British ships of war, whose business it was to see that the ship was kept clean.

3. Same as Swobber, 2.

Swabber [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913