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goaler

[goh-ler]
noun Canadian.
  1. goalkeeper in the game of ice hockey.
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Origin of goaler

< Canadian French gôleur < English goal + French -eur -eur
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Examples from the Web for goaler

Historical Examples

  • The goaler had locked his prisoners in, and retired to rest.

    The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4

    Jane Porter

  • After it was known that he was going the goaler would not let them come to see me, out of his sight.

    The Battle of The Press

    Theophila Carlile Campbell

  • Goaler gone to bed, and the rest of them upstairs where I saw them with the Tartar fellow who is lying stunned in here.

  • The goaler may have a daughter, who, moved by the romantic history and pallor of the prisoner, may exchange clothes with him.

    If I May

    A. A. Milne