fowler

CEFRC2

/ˈfaʊlə(ɹ)/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who hunts or catches wild birds.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A surname originating as an occupation for a hunter of birds.

Examples

  • Fowler rode a donkey all the way to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

  • The fowler's pipe sounds sweet till the bird is caught.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A hunter of wildfowl.

More examples

In context

  • Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped

  • 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; […]

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The blank aimed his shotgun at the flock of geese flying overhead.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English foulere, fouler, from Old English fuglere (“fowler”), from Proto-West Germanic *fuglārī, equivalent to fowl + -er. Doublet of veuglaire.