snarer

1 9.1

A person who sets traps to catch birds or small animals

noun
/ˈsnɛrər/

: trampista

As a skilled snarer, he knew exactly where to set the traps for the best catch.

Examples

The snarer carefully placed the trap in the bushes to catch the unsuspecting birds.
The snarer returned to the forest to check on the traps he had set the day before.
The trapsetting impulse evidently is the same as in catching fish; the snarer hates to quit on an odd number.

Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

trapper

vssnarer

18 5.8

A person who catches wild animals with traps for their fur

focuses on catching mainly birds or small animals with traps

birdcatcher

vssnarer

1 5.3

A person or machine that catches birds to study them

uses traps personally and also targets small animals as well as birds

How Skilled

trapper

18 5.8

snarer

1 9.1

Surface Forms

snarer singular

snarers plural

Morphology

snarer = snare (transparent) = snare + er

Standard agentive formation from the verb 'snare' with '-er', meaning 'person who snares'.

Etymology

The word snarer comes from the old English word snare, which meant a 'noose' or 'trap'. So a snarer is simply someone who uses a snare to catch birds or small animals.