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单词 piscator
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piscatorn.

Brit. /ˈpɪskeɪtə/, U.S. /ˈpɪskeɪdər/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin piscātor.
Etymology: < classical Latin piscātor < piscāt- , past participial stem of piscārī to fish (see piscation n.) + -or -or suffix.Earlier in the name of a character in pastoral dialogues about angling:1577 Arte of Angling sig. A What, friende Piscator, are you euen at it so early?1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler ii. 40 Viat. My friend Piscator, you have kept time with my thoughts, for the Sun is just rising.
A fisherman, an angler.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > angler
anglerc1450
piscator1674
piscatorian1694
Waltonian1832
rodsman1837
rod1848
rodman1865
rodster1867
piscatorialist1881
sport fisher1902
sport fisherman1915
sportsfisherman1928
1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation iv. 227 As it is said, Poeta nascitur, non fit, so ought the Piscator or Fisher-man to have a natural inclination unto the Art of Angling.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 79/2 Instruments pertaineing to the Piscators science.
1711 E. Ward Life Don Quixote II. xxx. 151 He and the Piscator Agreed at length about the matter, So that the latter in his Boat, [etc.].
1837 J. E. Murray Summer in Pyrenees (ed. 2) I. v. 117 This Andorrian piscator..was a labourer.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xli. 376 Sport so much like fishing, that it ought to be reserved for the Piscators of our Schuylkill Club.
1948 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 19 Aug. 14/2 Less than one-fifth of Michigan's piscators are trout fishermen.
1991 Daily Express 1 June 28/4 It was a very self-satisfied piscator, I can assure you, who was to be observed on the bank of the Test with a two-and-a-half pound brown trout in his hands.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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