peeler · noun1
From the surname of Sir Robert Peel, who established the Irish constabulary and London's police force; compare bobby, from the given name.
peeler · noun2
- Middle English · inherited frompeler
- English todaypeeler
From Middle English peler, piller, pyllare, pilour, pelure, pelour, equivalent to peel + -er.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.