fowler

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/ˈfaʊlə(ɹ)/US/ˈfaʊlɚ/

noun

A hunter of wildfowl.

OriginMiddle English foulere ← Old English fuglere ← Proto-West Germanic *fuglārī →
CommonScrabble 12
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Meanings

fowler1

nounfowler (plural fowlers)

plural fowlers

  1. A hunter of wildfowl.

    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
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    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

Fowler2

proper nounFowler (plural Fowlers)

plural Fowlers

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a hunter of birds.
    1. H. W. Fowler, British lexicographer and commentator on usage of the English language.
  2. A locality on the Stikine River, north-west British Columbia, Canada.
  3. A locality in Kenora District, north-west Ontario, Canada.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A city in Fresno County, California.
    2. A statutory town in Otero County, Colorado.
    3. An unincorporated community in Adams County, Illinois.
    4. A town, the county seat of Benton County, Indiana.
    5. A minor city in Meade County, Kansas.
    6. A village in Clinton County, Michigan.
    7. An unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri.
    8. A town in St. Lawrence County, New York.
  5. An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  6. medicineFowler's position.

Origin

fowler · noun

  1. Proto-West Germanic*fuglārī
  2. Old Englishfuglere“fowler”
  3. Middle Englishfoulere
  4. Englishfowler

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

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Fowler · proper noun

From fowler. The medical term is named after Dr. George Ryerson Fowler, the German surgeon developer of the position.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἰξευτής
  • ἰξευτής (ixeutḗs)a hunter of wildfowl
Chinese Mandarin 捕鸟者
  • 捕鸟者 (bǔ niǎo zhě)a hunter of wildfowl
Czech lovec ptactva
  • lovec ptactvaa hunter of wildfowl
Estonian linnukütt
  • linnukütta hunter of wildfowl
Finnish linnustaja
  • linnustajaa hunter of wildfowl
French oiseleur
  • oiseleura hunter of wildfowl
German Vogelfänger, Vogelfängerin
  • Vogelfängera hunter of wildfowl
  • Vogelfängerina hunter of wildfowl
  • Vogeljägera hunter of wildfowl
  • Vogeljägerina hunter of wildfowl
Hungarian madarász
  • madarásza hunter of wildfowl
Irish foghlaeir
  • foghlaeira hunter of wildfowl
Japanese 鳥狩り
  • 鳥狩り (togari)a hunter of wildfowl
Latin auceps
  • aucepsa hunter of wildfowl
Polish ptasznik
  • ptasznika hunter of wildfowl
Romanian păsărar
  • păsărara hunter of wildfowl
Scottish Gaelic eunadair
  • eunadaira hunter of wildfowl
Swedish fågelfängare
  • fågelfängarea hunter of wildfowl
Turkish kuşçu
  • kuşçua hunter of wildfowl
Welsh adarwr
  • adarwra hunter of wildfowl

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fowler

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Sounds the same

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Anagrams

flowerreflowwolfer
Cite this entry
APA

fowler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fowler

MLA

“fowler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fowler. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fowler,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fowler.

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