Angler

Definition: Angler

Angler

Noun

1. A scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage.

2. A fisherman who uses a hook and line.

3. Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "angler" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Synonyms: Angler

Crosswords: Angler

German (angler, fisherman), Indonesian (quiet, smooth), Swedish (angle).

Lucy und der Angler von Paris (1963)

The Tangled Angler (1941)

What the Angler Caught (1909)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Winslow Homer: Artist and Angler (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• American Angler (reference)

• Pennsylvania Angler & Boater (reference)

• Great Lakes Angler (reference)

• Sea Angler (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Angler Fish [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Stren Extreme Angler (reference)

• Top Angler (reference)

• Top Angler II (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Marty Golden, NMFS Pacific Recreational Fisheries Coordinator, conducting angler education outreach at the Fred Hall Fishing Tackle and Boat Show. Credit: Fisheries.

Angler removing sockeye salmon from net. Credit: Fisheries.

Angler fishing on breakwater. Credit: Fisheries.

Happy angler displays albacore tuna aboard charter (CPFV) vessel. Credit: Fisheries.

Angler fighting fish aboard charter (CPFV) vessel. Credit: Fisheries.

Angler with an Arctic grayling. Credit: Fisheries.

Angler pulling a white sturgeon aboard his boat. Credit: Fisheries.

Charter vessel (CPFV) angler in fighting chair, hooked on a big marlin. Credit: Fisheries.

Angler standing next to 170 pound Yellowfin tuna caught during Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament. Credit: Fisheries.

Photographed in U.S. waters, with the river steamer Angler in the background, circa the 1880s or 1890s. This class of small cruisers included the Infanta Isabel (1885-1926), Isabel II (1886-1902), Cristobal Colon (1887-1895), Conde del Venadito (1888-1902), Don Antonio de Ulloa (1887-1898), and Don Juan de Austria (1887-1898). The latter two ships were lost in the Battle of Manila Bay, 1 May 1898, along with the Velasco (1881-1898), a ship of similar design. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "angler": angler fish. Additional references.

Ending with "angler": non-angler.

Afrikaans

hengelaar. (various references)

Albanian

peshkoj (dap, fish, pick up), peshkatar (banker, Fisher, fisherman, shoreman). (various references)

Arabic 

‏صياد بالصنارة, ‏أبو الشص سمك بحري. (various references)

Bulgarian 

рибар (fisherman, fishmonger, sportsman), морски дявол. (various references)

Czech

rybář (Fisher, fisherman). (various references)

Danish

amerikansk havtaske (American angler, goosefish), sort havtaske (black-bellied angler). (various references)

Dutch

hengelaar (anglerfish, frogfish, monkfish, sea devil). (various references)

Esperanto

hokfiŝkaptanto. (various references)

Farsi 

ماهی گیر. (various references)

Finnish

onkija, kalastaja (fisherman). (various references)

French

pêcheur � la ligne. (various references)

German

Angler (fisherman). (various references)

Greek 

αγκιστρεύτησ, ψαράσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

�"י�' (fisherman). (various references)

Hungarian

horgász (bobber, fisherman). (various references)

Indonesian

pengail. (various references)

Italian

pescatore (Fisher, fisherman), cannista. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

釣り手 (fisherman, hanging strap), 釣り師 , 鮟鱇 (goosefish, monkfish, sea-devil), 太公望 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たい�"うぼう, つりて (fisherman, hanger, hanging strap), つりし, あ�"�"う (goosefish, monkfish, sea-devil). (various references)

Manx

eeasteyr (fisherman), breckeyder (river fisherman). (various references)

Pig Latin

angleray.(various references)

Portuguese

pescador � linha e anzol. (various references)

Romanian

pescar cu undiţã. (various references)

Russian 

рыболов (fisherman), рыбак (fisherman, fishman), морской черт. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ribolovac (fisher, fisherman). (various references)

Spanish

pescador de caña. (various references)

Swedish

metare, fiskare (Fisher, fisherman). (various references)

Turkish

olta ile balık tutan kimse, fenerbalığı. (various references)

Ukrainian

риболов, рибак, морський чорт. (various references)

Welsh

genweiriwr. (various references)

Lophius americanus, Lophius budegassa. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "angler": anglerfish, anglerfishes, anglers. (additional references)

Words ending with "angler": dangler, entangler, jangler, mangler, strangler, tangler, twangler, wangler, wrangler. (additional references)

Words containing "angler": danglers, entanglers, janglers, manglers, stranglers, tanglers, twanglers, wanglers, wranglers. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Angler" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aingle, analar, Angehrn, Angelbert, angery, Angilbert, angl, Angli, angly, angwe, ankler, Ayglara, bangler, Egler, engla, engler, englert, Nadler, nagle, wangler. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: regnal.

-1 letter: angel, anger, angle, argle, glare, glean, gnarl, lager, large, learn, range, regal, regna, renal.

-2 letters: ager, earl, earn, egal, elan, gaen, gale, gane, gear, glen, gnar, gran, lane, lang, lean, lear, near, rage, rale, rang, real.

-3 letters: age, ale, ane, are, ear, eng, era, erg, ern, gae, gal, gan, gar, gel, gen, lag.

+1 letter: aligner, angerly, anglers, clanger, dangler, engrail, enlarge, flanger, gangrel, general, glancer, gleaner, gnarled, granule, grapnel, jangler, langrel, mangler, nargile, realign, reginal, tangler, wangler, wrangle.

+2 letters: alerting, algerine, aligners, allergen, allergin, altering, argental, blearing, clangers, clearing, danglers, dragline, engrails, enlarged, enlarger, enlarges, finagler, flangers, gainlier, ganglier, gangrels, generals, geranial, geraniol, germinal, glancers, glanders, gleaners, gnarlier, granules, grapline, grapnels, integral, janglers, janglier, jargonel, lagering, langrage, langrels, larynges, layering, learning, maligner, malinger, manglers, narghile, nargileh, nargiles, nonglare, pearling, raveling, realigns, regaling, regental, regional, relacing, relating, relaxing, relaying, signaler, slangier, strangle, tanglers, tanglier, triangle, twangler, wanglers, wrangled, wrangler, wrangles, yearling, yearlong.