fowler en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈfaʊlə(ɹ)/
Etymology
From Middle English foulere, fouler, from Old English fuglere (“fowler”), from Proto-West Germanic *fuglārī, equivalent to fowl + -er. Doublet of veuglaire.
Meanings
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A hunter of wildfowl.
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 124:7:Home I vvould go, / But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. / Fill'd and damm'd up vvith gaping Creditors, / VVatchfull as Fovvlers vvhen their Game vvill ſpring; […]
1682, Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv’d, or, A Plot Discover’d. A Tragedy. […], London: […] Jos[eph] Hindmarsh […], →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 4:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fowlers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Descendants
Translations (27)
la auceps (a hunter of wildfowl) · vo bödihifanan (a hunter of wildfowl) · cs lovec ptactva (a hunter of wildfowl) · cy adarwr (a hunter of wildfowl) · ga foghlaeir (a hunter of wildfowl) · de Vogelfänger (a hunter of wildfowl) · enm foulere (a hunter of wildfowl) · sv fågelfängare (a hunter of wildfowl) · grc ἰξευτής (a hunter of wildfowl) · pl ptasznik (a hunter of wildfowl) · gmw-msc foular (a hunter of wildfowl) · et linnukütt (a hunter of wildfowl) · cmn 捕鸟者 (a hunter of wildfowl) · hu madarász (a hunter of wildfowl) · de Vogeljägerin (a hunter of wildfowl) · uga 𐎊𐎖𐎌 (a hunter of wildfowl) · gd eunadair (a hunter of wildfowl) · de Vogelfängerin (a hunter of wildfowl) · fr oiseleur (a hunter of wildfowl) · fi linnustaja (a hunter of wildfowl) · vo bödijifanan (a hunter of wildfowl) · ro păsărar (a hunter of wildfowl) · ota قوشجی (a hunter of wildfowl) · tr kuşçu (a hunter of wildfowl) · ja 鳥狩り (a hunter of wildfowl) · de Vogeljäger (a hunter of wildfowl) · vo bödifanan (a hunter of wildfowl)