Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA person who fishes with a hook and line. · An anglerfish, Lophius piscatorius. · Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive. · A thief who uses a hooked stick to steal goods out of shop-windows, grates, etc.
From Middle English angler, angleer, angeler, equivalent to angle + -er.
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- Inherited-form mentionanglerenm
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