parer

American  

[pair-er] / ˈpɛər ər /

noun

parers plural

1. paring knife.

2. peeler.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• parers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of parer

First recorded in 1570–80; pare ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

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parer parers

They invented a flat broom, an apple parer, a circular saw and many other labor-saving devices.

From Time Magazine Archive

I skirmished around and found a little old-fashioned apple parer, the kind you fasten to a table.

From Time Magazine Archive

Parminter, a tailor, is as obsolete as its Old French original parmentier, a maker of parements, deckings, from parer, Lat. parare, to prepare.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

It is derived from the French parer to parry, and chute a fall.

From The Mastery of the Air by Claxton, William J.

The word signifies a guard against falling—from the French parer, to ward off, and chute, a fall, and is allied to parasol, which means literally “a warder off of the sun.”

From Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

In his present state, the old man must at least have friends about him, and not cold-blooded pinchers and parers, who had come to dislike him because of his relation to the Trent girls.

From Thyrza by Gissing, George

We equipped them with apple parers, corers and slicers and set them to work in the basement of the haymaker.

From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)

I use Topping's driers and Williams's parers; they are satisfactory.

From The Apple by Various

For drying, we use the New York hop kiln, Rival No. 2 parers, and upright bleachers, all of which have been reasonably satisfactory.

From The Apple by Various

They also had stone hoes and spades, while the women used short pickers or parers about a foot long and five inches wide.

From The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America by Huntington, Ellsworth