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Definition of Piscator
1. n. A fisherman; an angler.
Definition of Piscator
1. a fisherman [n -S] - See also: fisherman
Medical Definition of Piscator
1. A fisherman; an angler. Origin: L. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piscator
Literary usage of Piscator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Prose (1137-1890) by John Matthews Manly (1909)
"piscator. I am right glad to hear your answers; and, in confidence you speak the
... piscator. Sir, my fortune has answered my desires, and my purpose is to ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1844)
"And, Mr. piscator, direct the boat toward the shore, so as to make it rock more
The heavens are all grey, and the waters are all black, and the wind is high ..."
3. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) by George Albert Boulenger (1893)
"Very closely allied to T. piscator, but scales feebly keeled, sometimes nearly
smooth, the two to four outer rows smooth ; frequently fourth labial only ..."
4. The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton (1904)
"... CHAPTER II Observations of the principal river s in Derbyshire ; Viator lodges
at piscator Junior's House. ISC. So, sir, now we have got to the top of ..."
5. A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John by Charles Dexter Cleveland (1860)
"piscator. No, I thank you; but I pray do us a courtesy, that shall stand you and
your daughter in nothing, and yet we will think ourselves still something ..."
6. English Prose (1137-1890) by John Matthews Manly (1909)
"piscator. I am right glad to hear your answers; and, in confidence you speak the
... piscator. Sir, my fortune has answered my desires, and my purpose is to ..."
7. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1844)
"And, Mr. piscator, direct the boat toward the shore, so as to make it rock more
The heavens are all grey, and the waters are all black, and the wind is high ..."
8. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) by George Albert Boulenger (1893)
"Very closely allied to T. piscator, but scales feebly keeled, sometimes nearly
smooth, the two to four outer rows smooth ; frequently fourth labial only ..."
9. The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton (1904)
"... CHAPTER II Observations of the principal river s in Derbyshire ; Viator lodges
at piscator Junior's House. ISC. So, sir, now we have got to the top of ..."
10. A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John by Charles Dexter Cleveland (1860)
"piscator. No, I thank you; but I pray do us a courtesy, that shall stand you and
your daughter in nothing, and yet we will think ourselves still something ..."
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