-shə(r) noun
( -s )
: one that slashes: as
a. : one that uses a slashing implement or weapon
(1) : a bully especially when boastfully wielding a weapon (as a sword or knife) : a slashing fellow : swashbuckler
(2) : a prowler or other evildoer who uses a slashing instrument (as a knife or blade) as a weapon
(3) : swordsman
(4) : one that cuts down timber especially in a wasteful or destructive manner
(5) : one that tends an implement that slashes
b. : a weapon, implement, or machine that slashes: as
(1) : sword
(2) : knife
(3) : razor
(4) dialect England : billhook
(5) : an implement with an iron blade used in brickmaking to prod or slash the clay to detect stones
(6) : a machine fitted with one or more coarse circular saws and used in lumbering for sawing logs, slabs, and scrap wood into pieces suitable for laths, pulpwood, or firewood or for transportation to the refuse burner
(7) : a machine to apply size to warp yarns
(8) : a cockfighting gaff with razor-edged sides and a sharpened tip