Synonyms for pearler

Grammar : Adj

Spell : purl

Phonetic Transcription : pɜrl

Définition of pearler

Origin : mid-13c., from Old French perle (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin perla (mid-13c.), of unknown origin. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *pernula, diminutive of Latin perna, which in Sicily meant "pearl," earlier "sea-mussel," literally "ham, haunch, gammon," so called for the shape of the mollusk shells.
Other theories connect it with the root of pear, also somehow based on shape, or Latin pilula "globule," with dissimilation. The usual Latin word for "pearl" was margarita (see margarite).
For pearls before swine, see swine. Pearl Harbor translates Hawaiian Wai Momi, literally "pearl waters," so named for the pearl oysters found there; transferred sense of "effective sudden attack" is attested from 1942 (in reference to Dec. 7, 1941).

As in pearly : adj opalescent

Example sentences :

I am going back to my old vocation of pearler in Torres Straits.
Extract from : « Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories » by Louis Becke

This schooner was a pearler, and they had the location of a bed of shell.
Extract from : « All the Brothers Were Valiant » by Ben Ames Williams

I am Cuthbert Ellison, the pearler, your husband, and I wish to be no other.
Extract from : « The Marriage of Esther » by Guy Boothby

As soon as they separated, I accosted the Pearler, and offered my services.
Extract from : « In Strange Company » by Guy Boothby

Cadell, who was a great friend of Jensen, was himself a pearler.
Extract from : « The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont » by Louis de Rougemont

At last, on the sea-front again, he chanced upon a pearler who had met him heading round the hill-side.
Extract from : « The Marriage of Esther » by Guy Boothby

Although I describe him as a Dutch pearler I am somewhat uncertain as to his exact nationality.
Extract from : « The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont » by Louis de Rougemont

The ship, which I concluded was a pearler, kept steadily on her way, and eventually disappeared below the horizon.
Extract from : « The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont » by Louis de Rougemont

After a while the Pearler seemed to recollect business elsewhere; he drank up his liquor, and went out, leaving us together.
Extract from : « In Strange Company » by Guy Boothby

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