fowler

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun English lexicographer who wrote a well-known book on English usage (1858-1933)
  2. noun someone who hunts wild birds for food

Etymology

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

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Synonyms

Henry Watson Fowler

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