1
: a boat used in trawling
2
: a person who fishes by trawling
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Off the coast of southern Japan, trawlers hauled in their nets and sifted through the catch.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025
These strands, which conduct information as pulses of light, have long been vulnerable to accidental damage by fishing trawlers and curious marine predators; more recently, there are fears that they’ve been targeted by saboteurs in the Baltic and the Taiwan Strait.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
But a trawler passed behind them, the roar of its engine drowning out the dull thuds of their rocks.
—Prianka Srinivasan Matthew Abbott, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
The Thai fishmeal trawlers have continued to return annually to the Saya de Malha Bank but typically with fewer vessels than in 2015.
—Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025
These strands, which conduct information as pulses of light, have long been vulnerable to accidental damage by fishing trawlers and curious marine predators; more recently, there are fears that they’ve been targeted by saboteurs in the Baltic and the Taiwan Strait.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
But a trawler passed behind them, the roar of its engine drowning out the dull thuds of their rocks.
—Prianka Srinivasan Matthew Abbott, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
The Thai fishmeal trawlers have continued to return annually to the Saya de Malha Bank but typically with fewer vessels than in 2015.
—Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Trawler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trawler. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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trawler
noun
trawl·er
ˈtrȯ-lər 
: a boat used for trawling
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