different between angler vs fisherwoman

English

Etymology

From Middle English angler, angleer, angeler, equivalent to angle +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æ?.?l?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ?.?l?/

Noun

angler (plural anglers)

1. A person who fishes with a hook and line.

   A throng of anglers lined the trout stream on opening day of trout season.

2. An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius.

   The angler lured a smaller fish into reach with the appendage on its head.

3. Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive.

   Jonas was a consummate angler when it came the company's leave policy; he had it figured so he only needed to work six months out of the year.

4. (archaic, Britain, thieves' cant) A thief who uses a hooked stick to steal goods out of shop-windows, grates, etc.

Synonyms

• (person who fishes with hook and line): fisher, fisherman
• (angler fish): anglerfish, frogfish
• (someone with a scheme or ulterior motive): conniver, grifter, schemer, swindler
• (thief): hooker, nuthook

Related terms

• angling

Translations

References

• angler in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• 1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue, available from Project Gutenberg [2]
• Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) , “angler”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, OCLC 882571771, page 39
• Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues?^[3], volume 1, pages 54–55

Anagrams

• Langer, Nagler, Nergal, Rangel, erlang, gen'ral, langer, largen, rangle, regnal

French

Etymology

From angle +? -er.

Verb

angler

1. to angle

Conjugation

English

Etymology

fisher +? -woman

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f????w?m?n/

Noun

fisherwoman (plural fisherwomen)

1. A woman who fishes.

   The fisherwoman cast her line.

2. A woman whose profession is catching fish.

   She is a fisherwoman, out on a trawler for days at a time.

Usage notes

In contemporary usage it has become more common to refer to anglers of both sexes as 'fishermen'.

Synonyms

• (woman who fishes): fisherman, angler, fisher
• (woman whose profession is catching fish): fisherman, fisher

Related terms

• fish
• fishing

Translations