different between peeler vs keeler

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

keel +? -er

Noun

keeler (plural keelers)

1. (historical) One employed in managing a Newcastle keel, or coal boat.
2. A small or shallow tub.

Synonyms

• (one who manages a coal boat): keelman