fowler
noun
a hunter of birds.
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fowler
1 American
[fou-ler]
/ ˈfaʊ lər /
noun
Fowler
2
American
[fou-ler]
/ ˈfaʊ lər /
noun
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Henry H(amill) 1908–2000, U.S. lawyer and government official: secretary of the Treasury 1965–68.
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Henry Watson, 1858–1933, English lexicographer.
Fowler
British
/ ˈfaʊlə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of fowler
before 900; Middle English foweler, Old English fughelere. See fowl, -er 1
Example Sentences
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Together they read Scripture: The Lord will deliver you from the snare of the fowler.
From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2019
The fowler cared not, it seemed, to mask his engines of destruction.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
The king, delighted with the beauty of the bird, asked the fowler what he would take for it.
From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Day, Lal Behari
Does not the fowler in the same way kill the moor-fowl or pheasant with an arrow?
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
In their anxiety to discern the object of their abhorrence, they fall one after another into the snare, and become the prey of the fowler.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.
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