turtler

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From turtle +‎ -er.

Noun[edit]

turtler (plural turtlers)

  1. One who fishes for turtles or tortoises.[1]
    • 1697, William Dampier, chapter V, in A New Voyage Round the World. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC, page 108:
      Theſe Creatures [Galapagos turtles] are thought to live to a great Age; and it is obſerved by the Jamaica Turtlers, that they are many years before they come to their full growth.
  2. A kind of shell, the turtle cowrie (Chelycypraea testudinaria).
  3. (video games) One who turtles.

References[edit]

  1. ^ “turtler”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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