angler

See also Angler

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæŋ.glə(r)/

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. (obsolete, slang) Pilferers or petty thieves, who, with a stick having a hook at the end, 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

Related terms

• angling

Translations

person who fishes with a hook and line

• Bulgarian: въдичар (bg) (vǎdičar)
• Finnish: onkija (fi)
• French: pêcheur à la ligne (fr) m
• German: Angler (de) m
• Greek: ψαράς με καλαμίδι (el) (psarás me kalamíδi) m 
• Hungarian: horgász (hu)

• Korean: 낚시꾼 (ko)
• Polish: wędkarz (pl) m
• Russian: уди́льщик (ru) (udíl'ščik) m , рыба́к (ru) (rybák) m , рыболо́в (ru) (rybolóv) m 
• Spanish: pescador (es) m, pescadora (es) f

angler fish

• Bulgarian: морски дявол (bg) (morski djavol)
• Finnish: krotti (fi)
• Greek: πεσκανδρίτσα (el) (peskanδrítsa) f 

• Norwegian: breiflabb (no) m
• Russian: уди́льщик (ru) (udíl'ščik) m , морско́й чёрт (ru) (morskój čort) m 

person who schemes

petty thief

• Bulgarian: джебчия (bg) (džebčija)

References

• angler in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• 1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue, available from Project Gutenberg [1]

Anagrams

• erlang, Langer, langer, largen, regnal