snarer

From snare +‎ -er.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsnɛəɹə/
• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈsnɛɹɚ/
• (General American, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈsneɹɚ/, /ˈsnɛəɹɚ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsneːɹə/
• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈsniəɹə/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈsneəɹə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈsneɹəɹ/
• (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /ˈsnɜːɹə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹə(ɹ)
• Homophone: sneerer (cheer–chair merger)

snarer (plural snarers)

1. A person who catches animals with a snare.
2. One who snares or entraps others.
   • 1998, K. Lesnik-Oberstein, Children in Culture: Approaches to Childhood, Palgrave Macmillan UK, page 130:

     Florence's innocence is also used to underline the fallen nature of Edith, who has been made into a snarer of men by her mother, but whose situation is entirely without the humour or playfulness of Becky Sharp's in Vanity Fair.

• Arners, Serran