sealer

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːlə/
• (US) enPR: sēlʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈsiːlɚ/
• Rhymes: -iːlə(ɹ)

From seal + -er.

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. (sports, colloquial) A goal, shot, point, etc., scored close to fulltime so that it becomes impossible for the losing side to score enough to win.

From seal + -er.

sealer (plural sealers)

1. A person who hunts seals.

   Synonym: seal-hunter

   • 1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:

     "We must club the seals," I announced, when convinced of my poor marksmanship. "I have heard the sealers talk about clubbing them."

2. A vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.

• earles, Easler, elears, reseal, Reales, resale, reales, leaser, Searle