Swabber

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun ·same·as Swobber, 2.

II. Swabber ·noun One who swabs a floor or desk.

III. Swabber ·vt To Swab.

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