angler

See also: Angler

English

An angler fishing off a pier

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡlə(ɹ)/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡlɚ/
• Rhymes: -æŋɡlə(ɹ)

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, UK, thieves' cant) A thief who uses a hooked stick to steal goods out of shop-windows, grates, etc.
   • c. 1608–1610, Samuel Rid, Martin Mark-all, Beadle of Bridewell:

     They are sure to be clyd in the night by the angler, or hooker, or such like pilferers that liue upon the spoyle of other poore people.

   • 1834, William Harrison Ainsworth, Rookwood‎^[1], volume 2, Oath of the Canting Crew, pages 339–340:

     Rogue or rascal, frater, maunderer, / Irish Toyle, or other wanderer; / No dimber damber, angler, dancer, / Prig of cackler, prig of prancer

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

Derived terms

• anglerette
• nonangler

 

Related terms

• angling

Translations

person who fishes with a hook and line

• Bikol Central: parabanwit
• Bulgarian: въдичар (bg) (vǎdičar)
• Catalan: pescador esportiu m, pescador de fons m
• Finnish: onkija (fi), uistelija (fi)
• French: pêcheur à la ligne m
• Georgian: მეთევზე (metevze)
• German: Angler (de) m, Anglerin (de) f
• Greek: ψαράς με καλάμι m (psarás me kalámi)
• Hungarian: horgász (hu)
• Italian: cannista (it) m
• Korean: 낚시꾼 (ko) (naksikkun)
• Malagasy: mpanjono (mg)
• Maori: kaihī
• Polish: wędkarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: pescador esportivo m
• Romanian: pescar (ro) m, pescăriță (ro) f, pescăreasă (ro) f
• Russian: уди́льщик (ru) m (udílʹščik), рыба́к (ru) m (rybák), рыболо́в (ru) m (rybolóv)
• Spanish: pescador (es) m, pescadora (es) f
• Turkish: balıkçı (tr)

angler fish

• Bulgarian: морски дявол (morski djavol)
• Catalan: rap (ca)
• Finnish: krotti (fi)
• Greek: πεσκανδρίτσα (el) f (peskandrítsa)
• Italian: rana pescatrice f
• Norwegian: breiflabb (no) m
• Portuguese: tamboril (pt) m, peixe-pescador m
• Russian: уди́льщик (ru) m (udílʹščik), морско́й чёрт m (morskój čort)
• Spanish: rape común m
• Turkish: fener balığı (tr)

person who schemes

• Spanish: ulteriorator m, ulterioratriz f

petty thief

• Bulgarian: джебчия (džebčija)

References

• “angler”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• 1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue, available from Project Gutenberg [2]
• 1812 Dictionary of fishing Tongue, new fishing tips share [3]
• Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “angler”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volumes I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 39.
• John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “angler”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, pages 54–55.

Anagrams

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

French

Etymology

From angle +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

angler

1. to angle

Conjugation

Conjugation of angler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	angler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	anglant /ɑ̃.ɡlɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		anglé /ɑ̃.ɡle/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	angle /ɑ̃ɡl/	angles /ɑ̃ɡl/	angle /ɑ̃ɡl/	anglons /ɑ̃.ɡlɔ̃/	anglez /ɑ̃.ɡle/	anglent /ɑ̃ɡl/
	imperfect	anglais /ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/	anglais /ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/	anglait /ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/	anglions /ɑ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃/	angliez /ɑ̃.ɡli.je/	anglaient /ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/
	past historic2	anglai /ɑ̃.ɡle/	anglas /ɑ̃.ɡla/	angla /ɑ̃.ɡla/	anglâmes /ɑ̃.ɡlam/	anglâtes /ɑ̃.ɡlat/	anglèrent /ɑ̃.ɡlɛʁ/
	future	anglerai /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁe/	angleras /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁa/	anglera /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁa/	anglerons /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/	anglerez /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁe/	angleront /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	anglerais /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁɛ/	anglerais /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁɛ/	anglerait /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁɛ/	anglerions /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁjɔ̃/	angleriez /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁje/	angleraient /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	angle /ɑ̃ɡl/	angles /ɑ̃ɡl/	angle /ɑ̃ɡl/	anglions /ɑ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃/	angliez /ɑ̃.ɡli.je/	anglent /ɑ̃ɡl/
	imperfect2	anglasse /ɑ̃.ɡlas/	anglasses /ɑ̃.ɡlas/	anglât /ɑ̃.ɡla/	anglassions /ɑ̃.ɡla.sjɔ̃/	anglassiez /ɑ̃.ɡla.sje/	anglassent /ɑ̃.ɡlas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	angle /ɑ̃ɡl/	—	anglons /ɑ̃.ɡlɔ̃/	anglez /ɑ̃.ɡle/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “angler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.