fisher en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɪʃɚ/ (General-American)
- /ˈfɪʃə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
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”).
Meanings
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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.
2021 December 14, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 43, column 1:Yet every fisher that Dzugan knows, and every fisher elsewhere, too, knows someone who has died at sea or had a near miss. […] But they are also the reasons for the safety campaigns, for the constant and valiant attempts to persuade fishers to wear lifejackets at work, to figure out how to get someone overboard back on the vessel, to carry ladders or gaffers that someone can grab on to.
2025 October 21, Rose George, “‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2025:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fishers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
codfisher · rodfisher · fisherboy · spearfisher · whale fisher · fisherfolk · fisher-boat · fisherman · fisherperson · fisheress · fisherwoman · Fisher King · kingfisher · whale-fisher · fishery · electrofisher · bottom fisher · line fisher · flyfisher
Hyponyms
fisherette · fisherwoman · piscatrix · surfcaster (by means of fishing) · noodler (by means of fishing) · fisheress · anglerette · trawler (by means of fishing)
Relateds
for more (act) · fishing § Derived terms (act) · piscatory (writing on fishermen) · piscatory · piscatorially · piscatorial · piscatorian · piscatorious · fishery (act)
Synonyms
fish farmer (catcher of captive fish) · fisherperson (catcher of wild fish) · pisciculturist (catcher of captive fish) · angler (catcher of wild fish) · piscator (catcher of wild fish) · piscary (catcher of wild fish) · piscatorialist (catcher of wild fish) · piscicapturist (catcher of wild fish) · fisherman (catcher of wild fish) · piscatorian (catcher of wild fish)
Translations (79)
rm pestgadur (person who fishes) · rup piscar (person who fishes) · fr bateau de pêche (person who fishes) · sv fiskare (person who fishes) · el ψαράς (person who fishes) · vo jipäskaran (person who fishes) · gl pescador (person who fishes) · oc pescaire (person who fishes) · oj ojiig (person who fishes) · nl visser (person who fishes) · de Fischerin (person who fishes) · yi פֿישער (person who fishes) · cop ⲟⲩⲱϩⲉ (person who fishes) · tr balıkçı (person who fishes) · ro pescar (person who fishes) · es pescador (person who fishes) · ar ṣayyād (person who fishes) · cy pysgotwr (person who fishes) · ist pascadur (person who fishes) · ja 漁師 (person who fishes) · et kalur (person who fishes) · pdt Fescha (person who fishes) · pl rybak (person who fishes) · mfe peser (person who fishes) · vo päskaran (person who fishes) · it pescatore (person who fishes) · af visser (person who fishes) · alt балыкчы (person who fishes) · fr pêcheur (person who fishes) · ba балыҡсы (person who fishes) · co pescadore (person who fishes) · cmn 漁民 /渔民 (person who fishes) · fur pescjadôr (person who fishes) · es pishiñero (person who fishes) · wa pexheu (person who fishes) · oc pescador (person who fishes) · bg рибар (person who fishes) · grc ἁλιεύς (person who fishes) · ca pescador (person who fishes) · fr pêcheuse (person who fishes) · pt pescador (person who fishes) · ru рыба́к (person who fishes) · mg mpanjono (person who fishes) · eo fiŝisto (person who fishes) · et kalamees (person who fishes) · fr bateau-pêcheur (person who fishes) · gl pescadora (person who fishes) · rm pestgader (person who fishes) · vo hipäskaran (person who fishes) · lnd dengen (person who fishes) · eo fiŝkaptisto (person who fishes) · hy ձկնորս (person who fishes) · ko 낚시꾼 (person who fishes) · gd iasgair (person who fishes) · la piscātor (person who fishes) · ka მეთევზე (person who fishes) · uz baliqchi (person who fishes) · ar ʕarak (person who fishes) · egy wHa:a-V1-in (person who fishes) · ang fisċere (person who fishes) · scn piscaturi (person who fishes) · crh balıqçı (person who fishes) · hu halász (person who fishes) · fur pesčhadôr (person who fishes) · cjs палықчы (person who fishes) · cs rybář (person who fishes) · ja 漁民 (person who fishes) · blc cipsx (person who fishes) · co pescatore (person who fishes) · cmn 魚夫 /鱼夫 (person who fishes) · de Fischer (person who fishes) · ms pemancing (person who fishes) · sh ribar (person who fishes) · co piscatore (person who fishes) · ru рыболо́в (person who fishes) · co piscadore (person who fishes) · ko 어부 (person who fishes) · fi kalastaja (person who fishes) · oj ojiigag (person who fishes)