English edit

Etymology edit

troll +‎ -er

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

troller (plural trollers)

  1. One who fishes by trolling.
  2. An engine-powered fishing boat, used for moving slowly while fishing lines drag behind, sometimes able to sail in shallow water.
  3. (Internet slang, nonstandard) A troll; a user who maliciously provokes others.

See also edit

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French troller, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *truzlōną (to lumber), which is probably related to *trudaną (to tread, step on).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tʁɔ.le/
  • (file)

Verb edit

troller

  1. (hunting) to wander unsystematically about, looking for game
  2. (Internet) to troll

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013), “tredan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 521

Further reading edit