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anglerod

anglerod noun: fishing rod.

Noun

anglerod (plural anglerods)

  1. (rare) fishing rod
    • Remission in favor of William Davis, (signed, Thomas Wilson, vicar,) his fault being only for using his angle-rod on the Sabbath.1867, Clarence Hopper, A Descriptive Account of a Series of Churchwardens' Presentments, page 29
    • Or they sit all day at swamps with anglerods, and on that account think themselves PROFOUND; but whoever fisheth where there are no fish, I do not even call him superficial!1898, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Forms of anglerod

pluralanglerods
alternative formangle-rod

Origin of anglerod

Possibly a calque of German Angelrute or calque of Dutch hengelroede; equivalent to angle (“to fish”) + rod.

Questions about anglerod

What does anglerod mean?
Anglerod means fishing rod.
What part of speech is anglerod?
Anglerod is a noun.
What is the plural of anglerod?
The plural of anglerod is anglerods.

Words near anglerod in the dictionary

  1. angler-fishes
  2. anglerette
  3. anglerettes
  4. anglerfish
  5. anglerfishes
  6. anglerod
  7. anglerods
  8. anglers
  9. Anglers Reach
  10. Anglers Rest
  11. angles

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