pearl fishern.

Brit.

/ˈpəːl ˌfɪʃə/, U.S.

/ˈpərl ˌfɪʃər/

Forms: see pearl n.¹ and adj. and fisher n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pearl n.¹, fisher n.¹

Etymology: < pearl n.¹ + fisher n.¹ Compare pearl fishing n.

= pearl diver n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > divers or dredgers > [noun] > diver > for pearls

pearl fisher1613

pearl diver1669

pearler1881

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ix. xiii. 739 The Pearle-fishes and Pearle-fishers, most of them gone.

1667 H. Oldenburg in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 431 Pearl-fishers are fed with dry and rosted [sic] meat, to give them better breathing.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. viii. 218 Great heaps of shells..left by the pearl-fishers from Panama.

1799 J. H. Campe Columbus 174 The pearl fishers, who are usually poor slaves, stop their nostrils and ears with cotton, and hold in their mouth a piece of spunge dipped in oil, and by the assistance of a cord are let down into the sea, in order to gather up the oysters and muscles.

1833 H. Martineau Cinnamon & Pearls i. 4 He had practised it as a preparation for becoming a pearl-fisher.

1876 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. N.Y. 8 227 Arriving at this place, we found a number of pearl-fishers, from the River Lutto, who offered us, for trifling sums, rare pearls, of a beautiful colour.

1943 Geogr. Jrnl. 101 97 Japanese fishermen, pearl-fishers and shell-fishers, have thoroughly surveyed the coast of Pacific islands.

1992 N. Barber Other Side of Paradise (BNC) 45 I thought of the pearl fishers who often visited the South Sea Islands, and of the many who had made fortunes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pearl fisher
释义	pearl fishern. Brit. /ˈpəːl ˌfɪʃə/, U.S. /ˈpərl ˌfɪʃər/ Forms: see pearl n.¹ and adj. and fisher n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pearl n.¹, fisher n.¹ Etymology: < pearl n.¹ + fisher n.¹ Compare pearl fishing n. = pearl diver n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > divers or dredgers > [noun] > diver > for pearls pearl fisher1613 pearl diver1669 pearler1881 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ix. xiii. 739 The Pearle-fishes and Pearle-fishers, most of them gone. 1667 H. Oldenburg in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 431 Pearl-fishers are fed with dry and rosted [sic] meat, to give them better breathing. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. viii. 218 Great heaps of shells..left by the pearl-fishers from Panama. 1799 J. H. Campe Columbus 174 The pearl fishers, who are usually poor slaves, stop their nostrils and ears with cotton, and hold in their mouth a piece of spunge dipped in oil, and by the assistance of a cord are let down into the sea, in order to gather up the oysters and muscles. 1833 H. Martineau Cinnamon & Pearls i. 4 He had practised it as a preparation for becoming a pearl-fisher. 1876 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. N.Y. 8 227 Arriving at this place, we found a number of pearl-fishers, from the River Lutto, who offered us, for trifling sums, rare pearls, of a beautiful colour. 1943 Geogr. Jrnl. 101 97 Japanese fishermen, pearl-fishers and shell-fishers, have thoroughly surveyed the coast of Pacific islands. 1992 N. Barber Other Side of Paradise (BNC) 45 I thought of the pearl fishers who often visited the South Sea Islands, and of the many who had made fortunes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1613
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