An angler is someone who fishes with a fishing rod as a hobby.
Synonyms: or woman">fisherman or woman, fisher, piscator or piscatrix More Synonyms of angler
angler in British English
(ˈæŋɡlə)
noun
1.
a person who fishes with a rod and line
2. informal
a person who schemes or uses devious methods to secure an advantage
3. Also called: anglerfish
any spiny-finned fish of the order Pediculati (or Lophiiformes). They live at the bottom of the sea and typically have a long spiny movable dorsal fin with which they lure their prey
angler in American English
(ˈæŋglər)
noun
1.
a fisherman who uses hook and line
2.
a person who schemes and uses tricks to get something
3.
any of an order (Lophiiformes) of bony fishes that feed on other fish, attracting them by means of a movable lure that grows from the head
: often ˈanglerˌfish (ˈæŋglərˌfɪʃ)Word forms: pluralˈanglerˌfish or ˈanglerˌfishes see fish
Word origin
< angle2
Examples of 'angler' in a sentence
angler
Some anglers have been known to examine a fish's stomach contents before deciding which fly to use.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This is bad news for anglers fishing for salmon.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The chef is a keen angler and catches the elusive lobster.
Conil, Jean & Conil, Christopher (ed) A Passion for Food (1989)
Shore anglers report poor catches and a total collapse in some areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They want to fish against anglers of their own calibre and know they have a fighting chance.
The Sun (2006)
Many anglers say that fish become more active as the air pressure changes before rain arrives.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
An angelic angler fishes in a divided river.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The progressive without the backward is as much lost as an angler with no fish in the river.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Three anglers cast their lines below me, to my right two cruise liners lie at anchor.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
For most anglers, the essential contest is that between angler and fish.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In the case of the perch, the anglers argued that catching a fish was a human prerogative.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Tales had abounded for a decade of a vicious creature biting through anglers' lines and attacking ducks.
The Sun (2010)
FOR many sea anglers it could be the end of the line.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
All anglers like to catch lots of fish from time to time, but competition anglers live and die by them.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I've seen other anglers catch smaller pike from the stream.
The Sun (2013)
These four are only some of the anglers I have known or encountered who have fished into great age.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In practice, most British anglers will still take no fish at all.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The angler, who lived in the town, has not yet been formally identified.
The Sun (2016)
Away from the boardroom, the Edinburgh resident is a keen angler.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In Northumberland an angler fishing from a 50ft cliff died when the freezing weather made it collapse.
The Sun (2010)
The anglers put their catch back in the sea but there is an abundance of fish served in St Lucia.
The Sun (2013)
He was also a keen angler and an enthusiastic gardener, with his dahlias and leeks becoming the envy of Hampshire.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Q He's a keen angler.
Shapiro, Jean Get the Best out of the Rest of Your Life (1990)
A TOP fishery has come under attack for making it too easy for anglers to catch trout.
The Sun (2011)
In other languages
angler
British English: angler /ˈæŋɡlə/ NOUN
An angler is someone who fishes with a fishing rod as a hobby.
American English: fisherman
Arabic: صائِد السمك
Brazilian Portuguese: pescador
Chinese: 垂钓者
Croatian: ribič
Czech: rybář
Danish: lystfisker
Dutch: visser
European Spanish: pescador caña
Finnish: onkija
French: pêcheur loisir
German: Angler
Greek: ψαράς
Italian: pescatore
Japanese: 魚を釣る人
Korean: 낚시꾼
Norwegian: sportsfisker
Polish: wędkarz
European Portuguese: pescador
Romanian: pescar amatorcu undița
Russian: удильщик
Latin American Spanish: pescador
Swedish: fritidsfiskare
Thai: นักตกปลา
Turkish: olta balıkçısı
Ukrainian: рибалка
Vietnamese: người câu cá
British English: angler NOUN
An angler is someone who fishes with a fishing rod as a hobby.