coraller

English

Etymology

From coral +‎ -er.

Noun

coraller (plural corallers)

1. A person who dives into deep water to collect coral.
   • 1899, William Henry Parr Greswell, The United States and Their Industries, page 180:

     The Bahama corallers come over and collect various kinds of beautiful coral in the Florida seas, known as tree, finger, brain, and red coral.

   • 2011, Shlomo Simonsohn, Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Jews in Sicily, page 434:

     Corals were graded, and fetched prices accordingly. Curiously, the Jewish 'corallers' made even Christian religious objects, such as paternosters and crosses.

Translations

person who collects coral

• Catalan: coraler m, coraller m
• Italian: corallaro m

Anagrams

• caroller, recollar