Noun

(en noun)

A person who fishes with a hook and line.

A throng of anglers lined the trout stream on opening day of trout season.

An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius .

The angler lured a smaller fish into reach with the appendage on its head.

Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive.

''Jonas was a consummate angler when it came the company's leave policy; he had it figured so he only needed to work six months out of the year.

A thief who uses a hooked stick to steal goods out of shop-windows, grates, etc.

Noun

A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)

, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger , leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}

(obsolete) Pain or stinging.

* {{quote-book, 1660, , 3= Mensa mystica, page=322, year_published=1717

, passage=It heals the Wounds that Sin hath made; and takes away the Anger of the Sore;

* Temple

I made the experiment, setting the moxa where the greatest anger and soreness still continued.