Meaning of piscator | Babel Free

Definitions

A fisherman; an angler.

archaic, formal

Examples

“...this was Lady Allerton, no longer the artful Miss⟳ Aubrey, who drew away poor Mary Granard's lover, but the imperious wife, who had long since taught her cautious, suspicious husband that he had been angled for by a skilful piscator, and secured by tackle the law alone could break⟳.”

“The canes themselves tower up, many of them, for more than thirty feet in height, and are at the lower joints as thick as a man's arm, though millions of lesser growth are there, to furnish fishing-poles for all the piscators alive.”

“On the other hand, the sundry species (and these represent⟳ the majority) which will take⟳ a 'personal vanity' fly⟳ always move⟳ in shoals, and a little observation will show⟳ the piscators that they bite⟳ for two reasons only […]”

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