noun
- a person who swabs or mops, especially on a ship
Usage: nautical; archaic
Examples
- The swobber worked diligently to keep the ship’s deck clean.
- Every morning, the swobber would mop the galley floor.
- The captain assigned the new recruit as the ship’s swobber.
- Being a swobber was considered one of the lowest positions aboard the vessel.
- The swobber’s duties included cleaning all the common areas below deck.