peeler

A plunderer; a pillager.

A policeman: so called form the English statesman Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), who while secretary for Ireland (1812–18) established a regular force of Irish police, and while home secretary (1828–30) improved the police system of London.

One who peels, strips, or flays.

A crab or lobster in the act of casting its shell; a shedder.

A stout iron bar of considerable length, having one end flattened into a broader surface, somewhat after the manner of a slice-bar, and the other end formed into a loop or handle, used by a workman called a “baller” in placing charges of piles, billets, blooms, ingots, etc., of iron or steel in a reheating-furnace preparatory to hammering.

A “ripper”; a very energetic person.

One who peels or strips.

A pillager.

A nickname for a policeman; — so called from Sir Robert Peel.

A person whose job it is to peel fruit or vegetable produce.