Fowler Meaning
/ˈfaʊlə(ɹ)/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA hunter of wildfowl.
nameA surname originating as an occupation for a hunter of birds.
Sentence Examples
The fowler's pipe sounds sweet till the bird is caught.
Fowler rode a donkey all the way to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ aimed his shotgun at the flock of geese flying overhead.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In the old story, a ____ used a large net to catch a variety of colorful birds in the woods.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English foulere, fouler, from Old English fuglere (“fowler”), from Proto-West Germanic *fuglārī, equivalent to fowl + -er. Doublet of veuglaire.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped"
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 124:7:
"Home I vvould go, / But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. / Fill'd and damm'd up vvith gaping Creditors, / VVatchfull as Fovvlers vvhen their Game vvill ſpring; […]"
— 1682, Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv’d, or, A Plot Discover’d. A Tragedy. […], London: […] Jos[eph] Hindmarsh […], →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 4:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ aimed his shotgun at the flock of geese flying overhead.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In the old story, a ____ used a large net to catch a variety of colorful birds in the woods.