angler
noun
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
anglers
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pluralof angler.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Yoshida, the Coike’s creator, writes in an email that he designed the spiky lure two decades ago to resemble a “cluster of small fish,” or what anglers call a “bait ball.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
While many anglers will gently hover and twitch the urchin as a finesse-style bait, the young bass phenom and former Journal subject Dylan Quilatan has been fishing the urchin with a more aggressive approach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
On Sunday, Javier Fuentes woke up at 4:30 a.m. to prep for an all-day fishing excursion at Hesperia Lake Park, which opens to anglers at 6 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Their findings will be used to update England Red List assessments and guidance for anglers to improve survival rates of sharks they release.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Some 25 million Americans look to fishing as a major source of recreation and another 15 million are at least casual anglers.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
