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Fisher
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- 1 An English surname originating as an occupation for a fisherman. countable
- 2 A location:; A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. countable, uncountable
- 3 A location:; A suburb of the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. countable, uncountable
- 4 A location:; A locality in Mid Murray council area, South Australia. countable, uncountable
- 5 A location:; A rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A location:; A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Poinsett County, Arkansas. countable, uncountable
- 7 A location:; A number of places in the United States:; A locality in Humboldt County, California. countable, uncountable
- 8 A location:; A number of places in the United States:; A village in Champaign County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
- 9 A location:; A number of places in the United States:; A village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. countable, uncountable
- 10 A location:; A number of places in the United States:; A town in Polk County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
- 11 A location:; A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Carroll County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
- 12 A location:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon. countable, uncountable
- 13 A location:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Clarion County, Pennsylvania. countable, uncountable
- 14 A location:; A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia. countable, uncountable
- 15 A sea area centered on the Fisher Bank off the west coast of Denmark. countable, uncountable
- 1 A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.
"The fishers who live here left for the mainland only days ago as an unseasonable October storm ravaged the islands."
- 2 A North American marten-like mammal (Pekania pennanti), that has thick brown fur.
"In many ways the fisher resembles the pine marten, possessing many of the marten's tricks and manners."
- 3 large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal wordnet
- 4 Fur of specimens of species Pekania pennanti.
- 5 someone whose occupation is catching fish wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English fischer, fischare, from Old English fisċere (“fisher”), from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz (“fisher”), equivalent to fish + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fisker (“fisher”), West Frisian fisker (“fisher”), Dutch visser (“fisher”), German Low German Fisker, Fisser (“fisher”), German Fischer (“fisher”), Danish fisker (“fisher”), Swedish fiskare (“fisher”).
From French fichet (“polecat pelt”), probably from Dutch visse (“nasty”); modified by folk etymology to resemble Etymology 1.
From fisher (“fisherman”). Doublet of Fisker.
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