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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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