Definition of "swabber"

swabber

noun
plural swabbers
1. One who swabs a floor or deck.
  Quotations
  The master, the swabber, the boatswain, and I,The gunner, and his mate,Lov'd Mall, Meg, and Marian, and Margery,But none of us car'd for Kate: […]
  1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene ii]
2. An instrument for swabbing.
  Quotations
  Meaningless filler code that shouldn't interact with a person's DNA. […] He pulls a pen-size swabber from his pocket, chrome finished with a needle point on one end, and a pad for swabbing on the other.
  2017, Emily Suvada, This Mortal Coil, page 337
3. A baker's implement for cleaning ovens.
4. (nautical, historical) An interior officer on British warships, responsible for seeing that the ship was kept clean.
5. (card games) Four privileged cards, formerly used in betting in whist.