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trawler

noun

Etymology

From trawl + -er.

  1. derived from tragula — “dragnet”
  2. derived from traghelen
  3. borrowed from tragelen — “to pull with a towline, trawl”
  4. suffixed as trawler — “trawl + er”

Definitions

  1. A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.

  2. A fisherman who uses a trawl net.

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Derived

otter trawler

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA