different between peeler vs heeler

English

Alternative forms

• Peeler

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?pi?l?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pi?l?/
• Rhymes: -i?l?(?)

Etymology 1

From the surname of Sir Robert Peel, who established the Irish constabulary and London's police force; compare bobby, from the given name.

Noun

peeler (plural peelers)

1. (Britain, slang, dated) A police officer.
   • 1892, Banjo Paterson, The Man from Ironbark:

     A peeler man who heard the din came in to see the show;

     He tried to run the bushman in, but he refused to go.

     And when at last the barber spoke, and said "'Twas all in fun—

     'Twas just a little harmless joke, a trifle overdone."

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:police officer.

Related terms

• bobby

Etymology 2

From Middle English peler, piller, pyllare, pilour, pelure, pelour, equivalent to peel +? -er.

Noun

peeler (plural peelers)

1. One who peels.
   1. A person whose job it is to peel fruit or vegetable produce.
   2. A person who works by peeling the bark off trees.
   3. (derogatory, slang) A stripper; one who disrobes for entertainment.
   4. (obsolete) One who peels or pillages.
2. A device for peeling fruit or vegetables.
   1. A household utensil for peeling fruit or vegetables.

      potato peeler

   2. An industrial food-processing machine for removing the peels or skins.
3. Something to be peeled.
4. Something that is peeling, about to peel, or prone to peeling.
   1. An edible crab that is about to shed its shell.
5. (surfing) An ideal wave.
6. (horticulture) A plant which impoverishes the soil by demanding high value nutrients and so requires the use of fertilizers.
7. Someone who breaks horses.

Translations

Anagrams

• Leeper, repeel

English

Etymology

heel +? -er

Pronunciation

Noun

heeler (plural heelers)

1. A gamecock that strikes well with its heels or spurs.
2. A quick runner.
   • 1891, Banjo Paterson, An Evening in Dandaloo

     That a crowd of Sydney stealers,

     Jockeys, pugilists and spielers

     Brought some horses, real heelers,

     Came and put us through.

3. A dog that readily comes to heel.
   • 1999, Ted Baer, Communicating with Your Dog: A Humane Approach to Dog Training

     If your dog is a good heeler, you'll find some competition in the obedience ring.

4. (US, slang, politics, dated) A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.
   • The Century

     The army of hungry heelers who do their bidding.

5. The rodeo performer who ropes the steer by its hind feet after the header has turned it.

Anagrams

• reheel