Angler: Definition and part of speech

Angler

n. A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.
n. One who angles.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

n. pl. An ancient Low German tribe, that settled in Britain, which came to be called Engla-land (Angleland or England). The Angles probably came from the district of Angeln (now within the limits of Schleswig), and the country now Lower Hanover, etc.

n. A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.

n. A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm.

n. In a restricted sense, a member of the High Church party, or of the more advanced ritualistic section, in the Church of England.
a. English; of or pertaining to England or the English nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established church of England; as, the Anglican church, doctrine, orders, ritual, etc.
a. Pertaining to, characteristic of, or held by, the high church party of the Church of England.
n. A member of the Church of England.

n. Attachment to England or English institutions.
n. Strong partiality to the principles and rites of the Church of England.
n. The principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party.