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fisherman
[fish-er-muhn]
noun
plural
fishermena person who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.
a ship used in fishing.
adjective
Knitting.Also fisherman's of, relating to, or designating a knitting pattern consisting primarily of cable-stitches executed in a characteristically thick, traditionally off-white yarn, or a garment made in this pattern and yarn.
a fisherman sweater.
fisherman
/ ˈɪʃəə /
noun
a person who fishes as a profession or for sport
a vessel used for fishing
Other Word Forms
- nonfisherman noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of fisherman1
Example Sentences
In a family of fishermen, Williamson was the first to go to college.
"All my family were in fishing, and it was never going to be anything but the sea for Jim. He was a fisherman all his life."
In the five decades following Steven Spielberg’s groundbreaking masterpiece, most sharksploitation has been chopped up and diluted into chum, tossed into the water by careless, filmmaking fishermen.
A local fisherman told the AFP news agency that he has been left homeless.
Some fishermen in south-west England say an "invasion" of octopus and a local bylaw are "decimating" the Devon shellfish industry.
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