单词 | piscator |
释义 | piscatorn. A fisherman, an angler. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > angler anglerc1450 piscator1674 piscatorian1694 Waltonian1832 rodsman1837 rod1848 rodman1865 rodster1867 piscatorialist1881 sport fisher1902 sport fisherman1915 sportsfisherman1928 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation iv. 227 As it is said, Poeta nascitur, non fit, so ought the Piscator or Fisher-man to have a natural inclination unto the Art of Angling. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 79/2 Instruments pertaineing to the Piscators science. 1711 E. Ward Life Don Quixote II. xxx. 151 He and the Piscator Agreed at length about the matter, So that the latter in his Boat, [etc.]. 1837 J. E. Murray Summer in Pyrenees (ed. 2) I. v. 117 This Andorrian piscator..was a labourer. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xli. 376 Sport so much like fishing, that it ought to be reserved for the Piscators of our Schuylkill Club. 1948 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 19 Aug. 14/2 Less than one-fifth of Michigan's piscators are trout fishermen. 1991 Daily Express 1 June 28/4 It was a very self-satisfied piscator, I can assure you, who was to be observed on the bank of the Test with a two-and-a-half pound brown trout in his hands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1674 |
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