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fowler

/ˈfaʊlɚ/

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What does fowler mean?

noun

  1. A hunter of wildfowl.

proper noun

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a hunter of birds.
  2. H. W. Fowler, British lexicographer and commentator on usage of the English language.
More meanings (12)

proper noun

  1. A locality on the Stikine River, north-west British Columbia, Canada.
  2. A locality in Kenora District, north-west Ontario, Canada.
  3. A city in Fresno County, California.
  4. A statutory town in Otero County, Colorado.
  5. An unincorporated community in Adams County, Illinois.
  6. A town, the county seat of Benton County, Indiana.
  7. A minor city in Meade County, Kansas.
  8. A village in Clinton County, Michigan.
  9. An unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri.
  10. A town in St. Lawrence County, New York.
  11. An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  12. Fowler's position.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈfaʊlɚ/

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"Well, they up and they took Fowler before the justice of the peace. The justice of the peace was a Turk."
Theodore RooseveltHunting the Grisly and Other Sketches An Account of the Big Game of the United States and its Chase with Horse, Hound, and RifleProject Gutenberg ebook #3337
How does the fowler seek to catch his game By divers means!
John BunyanThe Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John BunyanProject Gutenberg ebook #131
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He had therefore experience to guide him, as well as hope, that he might again, as formerly, be delivered as a prey from the fowler.
Walter ScottIvanhoe: A RomanceProject Gutenberg ebook #82
He showed an issue of the Hospital Gazette in which the advertisement could be read: "Solution de Fowler telle qu'on l'administre a SAINT-LOUIS!"
Victor MacClureShe Stands AccusedProject Gutenberg ebook #488
A long cord, pulled, at the right moment, by the fowler, who hides in a brushwood hut, works them and brings them together suddenly, like a pair of shutters.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Life of the SpiderTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #1887