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fowler

/ˈfaʊlə(ɹ)/US/ˈfaʊlɚ/

fowler noun: a hunter of wildfowl.

Noun

fowler (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 escaped1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 124:7
    • 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

Proper noun capitalized: Fowler

Fowler (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 city in Fresno County, California.
  5. A statutory town in Otero County, Colorado.
  6. An unincorporated community in Adams County, Illinois.
  7. A town, the county seat of Benton County, Indiana.
  8. A minor city in Meade County, Kansas.
  9. A village in Clinton County, Michigan.
  10. An unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri.
  11. A town in St. Lawrence County, New York.
  12. An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  13. Fowler's position.

fowler meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu

fowler in Hindi

a fowler, bird-catcher
उत्कल utkal

fowler in Tamil

பாட்சிகன்

fowler in Urdu

چڑی مار, صیاد

fowler in Telugu

fowler
వ్యాధుడు vyādhuḍu
More languagesFewer languages
fowler in Sanskrit
उत्कल utkala

Forms of fowler

Noun
pluralfowlers
Proper noun
pluralFowlers

Plural of fowler: fowlers

Origin of fowler

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

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

Words formed from fowler

Phrases with fowler

Words that rhyme with fowler

Questions about fowler

What does fowler mean?
Fowler means a hunter of wildfowl.
What is fowler in Hindi?
Fowler in Hindi is उत्कल (utkal). See Fowler meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is fowler?
Fowler can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce fowler?
Fowler is pronounced /ˈfaʊlə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of fowler?
The plural of fowler is fowlers.

Words near fowler in the dictionary

  1. fowl-lore
  2. fowl-run
  3. fowl-runs
  4. fowle
  5. fowled
  6. fowler
  7. Fowler dead space
  8. Fowler flap
  9. Fowler flaps
  10. Fowler process
  11. Fowler's

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fowler (page history and authors); Fowler (page history and authors); उत्कल (Hindi) (page history and authors); fowler (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fowler (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); వ్యాధుడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); उत्कल (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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