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trawler

trawler

2 4.6
A person who catches fish by pulling a large net through the sea
  • noun
  • /ˈtrɔːlər/
translation icon : pescador de arrastre
  • "Make your way around the pen until you find a garbage trawler in port.
  • fishing trawler
  • shrimp trawler

Examples

  • Then he went back to the trawler and activated it.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • "A garbage trawler brought him in."

    Fiction book (1997)

  • He ran a trawler out of Whitely Reef.

    The Fog (1980)

  • One of my more well-heeled friends, the Judge, who is about to retire, just bought a trawler from up in the Northwest in Washington state or somewhere up that way.

    Blog text (17)

  • He was young, twenty-two, and he had his own trawler, shrimping the coast, coming inland to see me on the nights his wife did their books.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The fishing trawler set out early in the morning to catch shrimp in the coastal waters.

  • With the help of a large trawler, the crew was able to catch thousands of fish in just a few hours.

  • Every summer, the local trawler brings fresh fish to the market from the ocean.

Synonyms

fisherman
vstrawler
186 1.0

A person who catches fish for a living

uses a specific net technique instead of the general occupation
fisher
vstrawler
45 2.7

A person who catches fish for a living

uses a particular net method rather than general fishing work
fisherwoman
vstrawler
1 3.6

A woman who catches fish for a living

highlights catching by a specific net rather than being only a gendered role
fisherperson
vstrawler
1 3.4

A person who catches fish for work or as a hobby

refers to fishing by a special net method rather than a general term
netter
vstrawler
1 4.4

A person who catches fish or animals using a net

uses a particular kind of net for fishing rather than any net use
fishman
vstrawler
  • UK
7.4

A person who catches or sells fish

focuses on catching fish with a specific net, not selling or dealing

Surface Forms

trawler singular
trawlers plural

Morphology

trawler = trawl (transparent) = trawl + er

The word 'trawler' is transparently derived from 'trawl' with the agentive suffix '-er', indicating a person who trawls.

Etymology

The word trawler comes from trawl, which means 'to drag a net through the water', and the ending -er means 'one who does it'. Think of a person pulling a heavy net behind a boat to catch fish; that's why a trawler is a fisherman who uses a trawl net.