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FOWLER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who hunts wild birds for food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("fowler" is a kind of...):

hunter; huntsman (someone who hunts game)

Derivation:

fowl (hunt fowl)

Sense 2

Meaning:

English lexicographer who wrote a well-known book on English usage (1858-1933)

Synonyms:

Fowler; Henry Watson Fowler

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

lexicographer; lexicologist (a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language)

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