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See also: Angler
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English angler, angleer, angeler, equivalent to angle + -er.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡlə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈæŋ.ɡlɚ/
- Rhymes: -æŋɡlə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]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, UK, thieves' cant) A thief who uses a hooked stick to steal goods out of shop-windows, grates, etc.
- c. 1608–1610, Samuel Rid, 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, William Harrison Ainsworth, Rookwood[1], volume 2, Oath of the Canting Crew, pages 339–340:
- Rogue or rascal, frater, maunderer, / Irish Toyle, or other wanderer; / No dimber damber, angler, dancer, / Prig of cackler, prig of prancer
Synonyms
[edit]- (person who fishes with hook and line): fisher, fisherman
- (angler fish): anglerfish, frogfish
- (someone with a scheme or ulterior motive): conniver, grifter, schemer, swindler
- (thief): hooker, nuthook
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]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
[edit]- “angler”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- 1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue, available from Project Gutenberg [2]
- 1812 Dictionary of fishing Tongue, new fishing tips share [3]
- Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “angler”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 39.
- John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “angler”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, pages 54–55.
Anagrams
[edit]- Rangel, Erlang, Arleng, Largen, Algren, langer, rangle, Nergal, largen, regnal, Nagler, gen'ral, Langer, erlang
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]angler
- to angle
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of angler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | angler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | anglant /ɑ̃.ɡlɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | anglé /ɑ̃.ɡle/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | 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/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
[edit]- “angler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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