Dictionary

angler en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈæŋ.ɡlə(ɹ)/ (UK)
• /ˈæŋ.ɡlɚ/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

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 anglerfish, 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. (UK, archaic, qualifier:thieves' cant) A thief who uses a hooked stick to steal goods out of shop-windows, grates, etc.
   • Rogue or rascal, frater, maunderer, / Irish Toyle, or other wanderer; / No dimber damber, angler, dancer, / Prig of cackler, prig of prancer 1834, William Harrison Ainsworth, Rookwood, volume 2, Oath of the Canting Crew, pages 339–340:
   • 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. c. 1608–1610, Samuel Rid, Martin Mark-all, Beadle of Bridewell:

Forms

Deriveds

Anglers Reach · anglerette · nonangler

Relateds

angling

Synonyms

fishing frog · monkfish · frogfish · hooker (thief) · sea devil · schemer (someone with a scheme or ulterior motive) · grifter (someone with a scheme or ulterior motive) · sea frog · swindler (someone with a scheme or ulterior motive) · fisherman (person who fishes with hook and line) · fisher (person who fishes with hook and line) · conniver (someone with a scheme or ulterior motive) · nuthook (thief)

Translations (47)

es ulterioratriz (person who schemes) · bg морски дявол (angler fish) · mg mpanjono (person who fishes with a hook and line) · el πεσκανδρίτσα (angler fish) · pt pescador esportivo (person who fishes with a hook and line) · ru уди́льщик (person who fishes with a hook and line) · pt tamboril (angler fish) · ca rap (angler fish) · grc ἀσπαλιευτής (person who fishes with a hook and line) · grc ἰχθυοθηρευτής (person who fishes with a hook and line) · it cannista (person who fishes with a hook and line) · pl wędkarz (person who fishes with a hook and line) · fr pêcheur à la ligne (person who fishes with a hook and line) · ko 낚시꾼 (person who fishes with a hook and line) · tr fener balığı (angler fish) · fi krotti (angler fish) · ru уди́льщик (angler fish) · pt peixe-pescador (angler fish) · ru морско́й чёрт (angler fish) · ca pescador de fons (person who fishes with a hook and line) · fi uistelija (person who fishes with a hook and line) · bcl parabanwit (person who fishes with a hook and line) · es pescadora (person who fishes with a hook and line) · mi kaihī (person who fishes with a hook and line) · ka მეთევზე (person who fishes with a hook and line) · ro pescar (person who fishes with a hook and line) · el ψαράς με καλάμι (person who fishes with a hook and line) · ro pescăriță (person who fishes with a hook and line) · ru рыба́к (person who fishes with a hook and line) · bg джебчия (petty thief) · fi onkija (person who fishes with a hook and line) · de Angler (person who fishes with a hook and line) · ast pixín (angler fish) · ru рыболо́в (person who fishes with a hook and line) · es ulteriorator (person who schemes) · ro pescăreasă (person who fishes with a hook and line) · de Anglerin (person who fishes with a hook and line) · hu horgász (person who fishes with a hook and line) · tr balıkçı (person who fishes with a hook and line) · grc ἰχθυοθηρητήρ (person who fishes with a hook and line) · es rape común (angler fish) · grc ἰχθυουλκός (person who fishes with a hook and line) · no breiflabb (angler fish) · bg въдичар (person who fishes with a hook and line) · es pescador (person who fishes with a hook and line) · ca pescador esportiu (person who fishes with a hook and line) · it rana pescatrice (angler fish)