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sealers

sealers is the plural of sealer.

Meaning of sealer

Noun (1)

sealer (plural sealers)

  1. A tool used to seal something.
  2. A person who is employed to seal things.
    1. An officer responsible for sealing writs or instruments, stamping weights and measures, etc.
  3. A coating designed to prevent excessive absorption of finish coats into porous surfaces; a coating designed to prevent bleeding.
  4. (colloquial) A goal, shot, point, etc., scored close to fulltime so that it becomes impossible for the losing side to score enough to win.

Noun (2)

sealer (plural sealers)

  1. A person who hunts seals.
    • "We must club the seals," I announced, when convinced of my poor marksmanship. "I have heard the sealers talk about clubbing them."1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    seal-hunter

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Phrases with sealers

Questions about sealers

What is sealers the plural of?
Sealers is the plural of sealer.

Words near sealers in the dictionary

  1. sealegs
  2. sealer
  3. sealer-divider
  4. sealer/divider
  5. sealeries
  6. sealers
  7. sealery
  8. seales
  9. sealess
  10. sealest
  11. sealeth

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