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▪ I. pearler, n.1|ˈpɜːlə(r)| [f. pearl v.1 + -er1.] A trader engaged in pearl-fishing; an employer of pearl-divers; also, a small vessel employed in this trade.
1887Standard 30 Apr., Unless the Colonial authorities look very sharply after the pearlers, they will soon exhaust the banks. 1902Blackw. Mag. Apr. 534/1 He..had been in his time soldier, sailor, missionary, pearler, outlaw and mail-carrier. ▪ II. pearler, n.2 Var. purler. |