What does "fisher" mean?
A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.
Fisher
/ˈfɪʃə/ name, noun
name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.
- Grammar: fisher is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: black cat, fisher cat, pekan, angler.
- Useful contrasts: landlubber.
- Usage evidence: This is the boy whose name is Tom Fisher.
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Definitions
Noun
- 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
Proper Noun
- 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
Synonyms
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Example
"This is the boy whose name is Tom Fisher."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "fisher"?
Common synonyms include: black cat, fisher cat, pekan, angler, anglers, animal.
How do you use "fisher" in a sentence?
This is the boy whose name is Tom Fisher.
How do you pronounce "fisher"?
Pronounced /ˈfɪʃə/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
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”).
Etymology 2
From French fichet (“polecat pelt”), probably from Dutch visse (“nasty”); modified by folk etymology to resemble Etymology 1.
Etymology 3
From fisher (“fisherman”). Doublet of Fisker.