ALL meanings of angler
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A a - countable noun angler An angler is someone who fishes with a fishing rod as a hobby. 3
- noun angler a person who fishes with a rod and line 3
- noun angler a person who schemes or uses devious methods to secure an advantage 3
- noun angler 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 3
- noun angler a fisherman who uses hook and line 3
- noun angler a person who schemes and uses tricks to get something 3
- noun angler 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 3
- noun angler a person who fishes with a hook and line. 1
- noun angler a person who gets or tries to get something through scheming. 1
- noun angler Also called allmouth, anglerfish, goosefish, lotte, monkfish. any large pediculate fish of the family Lophiidae, especially Lophius americanus, found along the Atlantic coast of America, having an immense mouth and a large, depressed head to which is attached a wormlike filament for luring prey. 1
- noun angler Also called anglerfish. any of various related fishes of the order Lophiiformes. 1
- noun angler A person who fishes with a rod and line. 1
- noun angler person who fishes 1
- noun angler type of fish 1
- noun angler An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius. 0
- noun angler Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive. 0
- noun angler (Obsolete (No longer in use)) SLA A thief who uses a hooked stick to steal goods out of shop-windows, grates, etc. 0