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English

Etymology

angler +? fish

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æ??l??f??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æ??l??f??/
• Hyphenation: ang?ler?fish

Noun

anglerfish (countable and uncountable, plural anglerfish or anglerfishes)

1. Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes, which hve an outgrowth they wiggle to lure and catch their prey.

Hypernyms

• fish

Hyponyms

• monkfish
• goosefish
• fishing frog (Lophius piscatorius)
• frog-fish (Lophius piscatorius)
• sea-devil (Lophius piscatorius)

Translations

Anagrams

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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