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trawler

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A fisherman who uses a trawl net.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dragger

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fishing boat, fishing smack, fishing vessel

4

noun

Meaning 4

a fisherman who use a trawl net

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fisherman, fisher

History

Etymology

From trawl + -er.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: траулер (trauler) — fishing boat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拖網漁船 /拖网渔船 (tuōwǎng yúchuán) — fishing boat
  • Czech: trawler — fishing boat
  • Danish: trawler — fishing boat
  • Dutch: trawler — fishing boat
  • Faroese: trolari — fishing boat
  • Finnish: troolari — fishing boat
  • French: chalutier — fishing boat
  • Galician: vaca — fishing boat
  • Galician: bou — fishing boat
  • Georgian: ტრაულერი (ṭrauleri) — fishing boat
  • German: Trawler — fishing boat
  • Greek: τράτα (tráta) — fishing boat
  • Icelandic: togari — fishing boat
  • Italian: peschereccio — fishing boat
  • Italian: battello — fishing boat
  • Japanese: トロール船 (torōru fune) — fishing boat
  • Japanese: トロール漁船 (torōru gyosen) — fishing boat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tråler — fishing boat
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trålar — fishing boat
  • Polish: trawler — fishing boat
  • Portuguese: arrastão — fishing boat
  • Romanian: trauler — fishing boat
  • Russian: тра́улер (tráuler) — fishing boat
  • Scottish Gaelic: tràlair — fishing boat
  • Serbo-Croatian: koča — fishing boat
  • Spanish: jábega — fishing boat
  • Spanish: arrastrero — fishing boat
  • Spanish: barco de arrastre — fishing boat
  • Swedish: trålare — fishing boat
  • Tagalog: bapor na pamalakaya — fishing boat
  • Welsh: treillong — fishing boat
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