piscator
Noun

piscator (plural piscators)

  1. (archaic, formal) A fisherman; an angler.
    • , John William Carleton (editor), The Sporting Review
      The canes themselves tower up, many of them, for more than thirty feet in height, and are at the lower joints as thick as a man's arm, though millions of lesser growth are there, to furnish fishing-poles for all the piscators alive.
    • 1896, The Fishing Gazette
      On the other hand, the sundry species (and these represent the majority) which will take a 'personal vanity' fly always move in shoals, and a little observation will show the piscators that they bite for two reasons only […]



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