angler

1. One who fishes with a hook.
2. A scheming person.
3. An anglerfish.

The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage

Meaning #2: a fisherman who uses a hook and line
  Synonym: troller

Meaning #3: fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
  Synonyms: goosefish, anglerfish, angler fish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth, Lophius Americanus

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Angler may refer to:

• A fisherman
• One who practices the fishing method of angling
• Angler (video game)
• The angler, Lophius piscatorius, a goosefish
• More generally, any anglerfish in the order Lophiiformes
• Angler (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain
• Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency, a book written by Barton Gellman in 2008 about Vice President Dick Cheney, whose Secret Service codename was "Angler".

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - snørefisker, lystfisker

Nederlands (Dutch)
hengelaar, zeeduivel

Français (French)
n. - pêcheur à la ligne

Deutsch (German)
n. - Angler

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ψαράς (με καλαμίδι), (ιχθυολ.) βατραχόψαρο

Italiano (Italian)
pescatore sportivo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pescador (m), diabo-marinho (m) (Zool.)

Русский (Russian)
рыболов

Español (Spanish)
n. - pescador de caña, pejesapo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sportfiskare, marulk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
钓鱼者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 釣魚者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 낚시꾼, 아귀

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 魚を釣る人, アンコウ, 鮟鱇

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الصائد بالصناره, أبو الشص : سمك بحري ذو رأس, ضخم مسطح وفم عريض على رأسه شبه طعم يغري السمك الصغير‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דייג, מטיל חכה‬

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