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fowler

fowler

4 9.9
A person who hunts wild birds for food
  • noun
  • /ˈfaʊlər/
  • Archaic
translation icon : cazador de aves
  • During the hunting season, the fowler collected a variety of birds to prepare for a family feast.
  • fowler's snare

Because of you our soul flutters light like a bird escaped from a fowler's snare.

Examples

  • The fowler patiently waited in the reeds, hoping to catch a glimpse of the wild ducks flying by.

  • As a skilled fowler, he knew the best spots to set his traps for catching game birds.

  • So deftly does the fowler do his work that simple ones are soon surrounded by the net.

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  • Because of you our soul flutters light like a bird escaped from a fowler's snare.

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Synonyms

hunter
vsfowler
411 1.0

A person who looks for and kills wild animals for food or sport

limits this to wild birds and mainly for food
huntsman
vsfowler
23 5.9

A man who catches or kills wild animals, often for sport

seeks wild birds for food rather than sport and not gendered
duck hunter
vsfowler
2 2.8

A person who hunts ducks for sport or food

focuses on any wild birds mainly as a food source
bowhunter
vsfowler
  • US
1 5.9

A person who hunts animals with a bow and arrows

emphasizes getting birds for food rather than the hunting method
waterfowler
vsfowler
1 8.6

A person who hunts ducks and other water birds for sport

targets wild birds broadly with primary aim of obtaining food
pothunter
vsfowler
  • US
9.3

A person who catches animals mainly to use their meat for food

is limited to hunting wild birds for food rather than other animals
birdcatcher
vsfowler
5.3

A person or machine that catches birds to study them

focuses on killing birds for food not for study or pest control
jager
vsfowler
9.1

A person who hunts wild animals for food or sport

focuses specifically on birds and mainly for food

Surface Forms

fowler singular
fowlers plural

Morphology

fowler = fowl (transparent) = fowl + er

The word is transparently formed from 'fowl' + '-er' to mean a person associated with hunting birds.

Etymology

The word fowler comes from an old English word fowl meaning 'bird' and the ending -er that makes a word mean 'a person who'. So a fowler is someone who hunts or catches wild birds for food.