fowler

Definition

A hunter of wildfowl.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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; […]"