window cleaner en · NOUN
Meanings
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A person whose job is to clean windows.
In his 20s he was a freelance window cleaner, 50p a pane, when one of his clients – a lady in Aberystwyth – asked if he would clear out a vacated property she managed.
2025 September 23, Tom Lamont, “The human stain remover: what Britain’s greatest extreme cleaner learned from 25 years on the job”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2025:
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Any of various specific formulas of cleaner, usually cleaning fluid, for glass windows; many commonly encountered ones contain ammonia, and nonammoniacal types exist for various special purposes.
Near-synonyms: glass cleaner (usually coinstantial), Windex (a famous brand of such cleaners)
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| window cleaners | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| window-cleaner | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Hypernyms
cleaner · cleaner · stuff · cleaning fluid · substance
Relateds
Synonyms
window washer · Windex · glass cleaner
Translations (22)
nb vinduspusser (person) · vo fenätihiklinükan (person) · sk čistič okien (person) · sv fönsterputsare (person) · fi ikkunanpesijä (person) · it lavavetri (person) · tr cam temizleyici (product) · vo fenätiklinükan (person) · ca netejavidres (person) · es limpiacristales (product) · sk čistič okien (product) · ro spălător de ferestre (person) · ga glantóir fuinneog (person) · de Fensterputzerin (person) · fi ikkunanpesuaine (product) · nrf nettisseux dé f'nêtres (person) · es limpiacristales (person) · vo fenätijiklinükan (person) · ro spălător de geamuri (person) · tr cam temizleyici (person) · da vinduespudser (person) · de Fensterputzer (person)