angler
See also: Angler
English
Etymology
From Middle English angler, angleer, angeler, equivalent to angle + -er.
Noun
angler (plural anglers)
- A person who fishes with a hook and line.
- A throng of anglers lined the trout stream on opening day of trout season.
- An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius.
- The angler lured a smaller fish into reach with the appendage on its head.
- Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive.
- Jonas was a consummate angler when it came the company's leave policy; he had it figured so he only needed to work six months out of the year.
- (archaic, Britain, thieves' cant) A thief who uses a hooked stick to steal goods out of shop-windows, grates, etc.
- c. 1608–1610, Rid, Samuel, Martin Mark-all, Beadle of Bridewell:
- They are sure to be clyd in the night by the angler, or hooker, or such like pilferers that liue upon the spoyle of other poore people.
- 1834, Ainsworth, William Harrison, Rookwood, volume 2, Oath of the Canting Crew, page 339–340:
- Rogue or rascal, frater, maunderer, / Irish Toyle, or other wanderer; / No dimber damber, angler, dancer, / Prig of cackler, prig of prancer
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Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
person who fishes with a hook and line
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angler fish
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person who schemes
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petty thief
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References
- angler in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- 1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue, available from Project Gutenberg
- “angler” in Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: The Ballantyne Press, 1889–1890, page 39.
- Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues, volume 1, pages 54–55
French
Conjugation
Conjugation of angler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle | anglant /ɑ̃.ɡlɑ̃/ | ||||||
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past participle | anglé /ɑ̃.ɡle/ | ||||||
infinitive | |||||||
simple | angler | ||||||
compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
gerund1 | |||||||
simple | anglant /ɑ̃.ɡlɑ̃/ | ||||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | angle /ɑ̃ɡl/ |
angles /ɑ̃ɡl/ |
angle /ɑ̃ɡl/ |
anglons /ɑ̃.ɡlɔ̃/ |
anglez /ɑ̃.ɡle/ |
anglent /ɑ̃ɡl/ |
imperfect | anglais /ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/ |
anglais /ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/ |
anglait /ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/ |
anglions /ɑ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃/ |
angliez /ɑ̃.ɡli.je/ |
anglaient /ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/ | |
past historic2 | anglai /ɑ̃.ɡle/ |
anglas /ɑ̃.ɡla/ |
angla /ɑ̃.ɡla/ |
anglâmes /ɑ̃.ɡlam/ |
anglâtes /ɑ̃.ɡlat/ |
anglèrent /ɑ̃.ɡlɛʁ/ | |
future | anglerai /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁe/ |
angleras /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁa/ |
anglera /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁa/ |
anglerons /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/ |
anglerez /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁe/ |
angleront /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | anglerais /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ |
anglerais /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ |
anglerait /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ |
anglerions /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
angleriez /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁje/ |
angleraient /ɑ̃.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | angle /ɑ̃ɡl/ |
angles /ɑ̃ɡl/ |
angle /ɑ̃ɡl/ |
anglions /ɑ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃/ |
angliez /ɑ̃.ɡli.je/ |
anglent /ɑ̃ɡl/ |
imperfect2 | anglasse /ɑ̃.ɡlas/ |
anglasses /ɑ̃.ɡlas/ |
anglât /ɑ̃.ɡla/ |
anglassions /ɑ̃.ɡla.sjɔ̃/ |
anglassiez /ɑ̃.ɡla.sje/ |
anglassent /ɑ̃.ɡlas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | angle /ɑ̃ɡl/ |
— | anglons /ɑ̃.ɡlɔ̃/ |
anglez /ɑ̃.ɡle/ |
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compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
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