culler

Etymology

cull +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌlə(r)

Noun

culler (plural cullers)

1. One who picks or chooses; especially, an inspector who selects wares suitable for market.

Anagrams

• cruell

Etymology

culler

From Old Portuguese cullar, collar, from Latin coclear, cocleāris (“spoon”). The Galician-Portuguese word was influenced by Old French cuiller (French cuiller / cuillère), from the same Latin root. Cognate with Portuguese colher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈʎɛɾ/

Noun

culler f (plural culleres)

1. spoon
   • 1375, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica:

     It. huum marquo de prata en culleres que ten Steuayna.

     Item: a silver mark in spoons, in the possession of Stephanie [from an inventory]

2. ladle
   • 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes o proverbios en Romance:

     Por o rabo da culler, sube o gato a a ola.

     By the handle of the ladle, the cat climbs to the pot

3. tadpole (toad or frog larva)

References

• “culler” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “culler” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “culler” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.