fisherman en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɪʃ.ə.mən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈfɪʃ.ɚ.mən/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree English fisher Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English fisherman From fisher + -man.
Meanings
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A fisher, a person engaged in fishing: ▸ Any person who attempts to catch fish.
The fisherman casts her line.
Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.
1922, Michael Arlen, “3/19/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
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A fisher, a person engaged in fishing: ▸ A person whose profession is catching fish.
"The attraction is understandable. For the individual fisherman trying to pay off the boat or put his kid through school, and facing Draconian rules to reduce pressure on over-exploited stocks, this is a wide-open area. It's a place to go and use your wits and knowledge to try to make a living, which is what fishermen have been doing for centuries."
1995 December 26, William J. Broad, “Creatures of the Deep Find Their Way to the Table”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 May 2015:He is a fisherman, out on a trawler for days at a time.
The fisherman threatened to tell the captain if we did not pay for the boat, and between us we had to dub up twenty-five dollars.
1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 64:I knovv God by Miracle can inſtruct Kings, as he rained Mannah, and raiſed the Apoſtles from letterless Fiſher-men, to learned Metropolitans, and profound Doctours.
1663, Edward Waterhous[e], chapter I, in Fortescutus Illustratus; or A Commentary on that Nervous Treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ, Written by Sir John Fortescue Knight, […], London: […] Tho[mas] Roycroft for Thomas Dicas […], →OCLC, page 38:Alienated from the clique society, / A lonely boy finds peace in fishing. / His mother says John this is not the way life's supposed to be. / Don't you see the life that you are missing? / And he says / When I grow up I want to be, / One of the harvesters of the sea. / I think before my days are done, / I want to be a fisherman.
1989, “John the Fisherman”, performed by Primus:
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A vessel (boat or ship) used for fishing.
Such boats should not have been fast, but the better fishermen — particularly John Alden's designs - […] won a big share of the offshore and coastwise races
1987, John Rousmaniere, Cruising Club of America. Technical Committee, Desirable and Undesirable Characteristics of Offshore Yachts, page 26:They tortured and put to death English factors in the Spice Islands; they descended upon the fisheries of the North Sea in huge fleets escorted by men-of-war that attacked and sank the fishermen of other nations
1938, Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips, Cromwell's Captains, page 196:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| fishermen | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
phisherman · codfisherman · shellfisherman · fisherman bat · catfisherman · surf fisherman · fisherman buster · fishermanship · fisherman's loop · ring of the fisherman · nonfisherman · sportfisherman · flyfisherman · spearfisherman · Fishermans Reach · Fishermans Bay
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Synonyms
Translations (213)
cs rybářka (person catching fish) · es pescadora (person catching fish) · hsb rybar (person catching fish) · yue 漁夫 /渔夫 (person catching fish) · my ရေလုပ်သား (person catching fish) · uk риболо́в (person catching fish) · he דַּיָּג (person catching fish) · id nelayan (person catching fish) · my ပိုက်သမား (person catching fish) · ist pascadur (person catching fish) · ug بېلىقچى (person catching fish) · ang fisċere (person catching fish) · kea piskador (person catching fish) · bg риба́рка (person catching fish) · vi dân chài (person catching fish) · css huynismak (person catching fish) · is fiskimaður (person catching fish) · ur مَچھیرا (person catching fish) · got 𐌽𐌿𐍄𐌰 (person catching fish) · bg риболо́вец (person catching fish) · sh рѝбӣч (person catching fish) · uk риба́чка (person catching fish) · nb fisker (person catching fish) · csb rëbôk (person catching fish) · ps ماهي ګير (person catching fish) · got 𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌾𐌰 (person catching fish) · tk balykçy (person catching fish) · ja 漁師 (person catching fish) · ce чӏерийлецархо (person catching fish) · ga iascaire (person catching fish) · la piscātor (person catching fish) · ja 漁夫 (person catching fish) · lad peshkadora (person catching fish) · mg mpanjono (person catching fish) · ms jala (person catching fish) · mn загасчин (person catching fish) · da fisker (person catching fish) · wuu 捉魚個 /捉鱼个 (person catching fish) · cy pysgotwr (person catching fish) · gl pescador (person catching fish) · vo jipäskaran (person catching fish) · ky балыкчы (person catching fish) · dng дёйүжын (person catching fish) · ru рыболо́в (person catching fish) · la piscātrīx (person catching fish) · tg моҳидор (person catching fish) · lo ຊາວປະມົງ (person catching fish) · km មច្ឆព័ន្ធ (person catching fish) · pa ਮਛੂਆ (person catching fish) · bg риба́р (person catching fish) · mi kaihī (person catching fish) · srn fisiman (person catching fish) · ceb mangingisda (person catching fish) · be рыба́к (person catching fish) · kmr masîvan (person catching fish) · it pescatore (person catching fish) · pt pescadora (person catching fish) · ta மீனவர் (person catching fish) · egy wHa:a-V1-in (person catching fish) · mt sajjied (person catching fish) · eo fiŝisto (person catching fish) · izh kalamees (person catching fish) · ko 어부 (person catching fish) · sh rìbīč (person catching fish) · ckb ماسیگر (person catching fish) · de Fischerin (person catching fish) · yi פֿישער (person catching fish) · sv fiskerska (person catching fish) · sc piscadore (person catching fish) · dsb rybaŕ (person catching fish) · ms nelayan (person catching fish) · th ชาวประมง (person catching fish) · sh rȉbār (person catching fish) · de Fischereiboot (vessel (boat or ship) used for fishing) · ca pescador (person catching fish) · kw pyskador (person catching fish) · rm pestgader (person catching fish) · yue 漁人 /渔人 (person catching fish) · sl ribička (person catching fish) · pdt Fescha (person catching fish) · ota بالقجی (person catching fish) · de Angler (person catching fish) · vi ngư dân (person catching fish) · da fiskerinde (person catching fish) · sc piscadori (person catching fish) · vo päskaran (person catching fish) · ka მეთევზე (person catching fish) · tg моҳигир (person catching fish) · yue 打魚佬 /打鱼佬 (person catching fish) · cs rybář (person catching fish) · rm pestgadur (person catching fish) · mr मच्छीमार (person catching fish) · is sjómaður (person catching fish) · yue 漁民 /渔民 (person catching fish) · hy ձկնորս (person catching fish) · bn জেলে (person catching fish) · sah балыксыт (person catching fish) · es pishiñero (person catching fish) · ca pescadora (person catching fish) · uz baliqchi (person catching fish) · jv wong belahan (person catching fish) · mk рибар (person catching fish) · th นักตกปลา (person catching fish) · nan-hbl 討海仔 /讨海仔 (person catching fish) · ro pescar (person catching fish) · ko 낚시꾼 (person catching fish) · mi kaihao (person catching fish) · uk риба́к (person catching fish) · pt pescador (person catching fish) · ru рыба́к (person catching fish) · rup piscar (person catching fish) · bcl parasira (vessel (boat or ship) used for fishing) · ru рыба́чка (person catching fish) · gu માછીમાર (person catching fish) · fur pesčhadôr (person catching fish) · ml മീൻപിടുത്തക്കാരൻ (person catching fish) · pdt Fescher (person catching fish) · eu arrantzale (person catching fish) · sk rybár (person catching fish) · de Anglerin (person catching fish) · fur pescjadôr (person catching fish) · el ψαρού (person catching fish) · as মাছুৱৈ (person catching fish) · ast pescador (person catching fish) · fr pêcheuse (person catching fish) · sh ри̏ба̄р (person catching fish) · fo fiskimaður (person catching fish) · yi פֿישערקע (person catching fish) · hsb rybak (person catching fish) · cmn 漁人 /渔人 (person catching fish) · nl vissersboot (vessel (boat or ship) used for fishing) · izh kalastaja (person catching fish) · et kalur (person catching fish) · kn ಮೀನುಗಾರ (person catching fish) · tl mangingisda (person catching fish) · pl rybak (person catching fish) · sv fiskarinna (person catching fish) · sk rybárka (person catching fish) · hi धीवर (person catching fish) · gd iasgair (person catching fish) · oc pescaire (person catching fish) · sl ribič (person catching fish) · oc pescadoira (person catching fish) · el ψαράς (person catching fish) · ps مچي مار (person catching fish) · de Fischer (person catching fish) · tr balıkçı (person catching fish) · bn ধীবর (person catching fish) · es pescador (person catching fish) · sq peshkatar (person catching fish) · lv zvejnieks (person catching fish) · fi kalastaja (person catching fish) · kmr masîgir (person catching fish) · sa जालिक (person catching fish) · sw mvuvi (person catching fish) · bcl parasira (person catching fish) · eo fiŝkaptisto (person catching fish) · tt балыкчы (person catching fish) · my တံငါ (person catching fish) · ar صَيَّادَة (person catching fish) · dsb rybakaŕ (person catching fish) · gl mariñeiro (person catching fish) · cmn 漁民 /渔民 (person catching fish) · ro pescăreasă (person catching fish) · izh rьbakka (person catching fish) · yi פֿישערין (person catching fish) · vo hipäskaran (person catching fish) · pa مَچھیرا (person catching fish) · cv пулӑҫӑ (person catching fish) · kl aalisartoq (person catching fish) · ml മുക്കുവൻ (person catching fish) · hi मछुआ (person catching fish) · az balıqçı (person catching fish) · lad peshkador (person catching fish) · ka მებადური (person catching fish) · ar صَيَّاد (person catching fish) · crh balıqçı (person catching fish) · be рыбало́ў (person catching fish) · km វាគុរិក (person catching fish) · alt балыкчы (person catching fish) · it pescatrice (person catching fish) · nn fiskar (person catching fish) · hu halász (person catching fish) · cmn 漁夫 /渔夫 (person catching fish) · grc ἁλιεύς (person catching fish) · fa-ira ماهیگیر (person catching fish) · eo fiŝkaptistino (person catching fish) · ur ماہی گِیر (person catching fish) · he דייג (person catching fish) · vi ngư phủ (person catching fish) · uk риба́лка (person catching fish) · lt žvejys (person catching fish) · sv fiskare (person catching fish) · fr pêcheur (person catching fish) · kk балықшы (person catching fish) · te జాలరి (person catching fish) · my ရေသူ (person catching fish) · oc pescador (person catching fish) · as মাছমৰীয়া (person catching fish) · et kalamees (person catching fish) · hi माहीगीर (person catching fish) · sa धीवर (person catching fish) · nl vissersschip (vessel (boat or ship) used for fishing) · xal заһсч (person catching fish) · ba балыҡсы (person catching fish) · lv zvejniece (person catching fish) · km ព្រាន (person catching fish) · scn piscaturi (person catching fish) · nl visser (person catching fish) · dng дайүди (person catching fish) · pa ਮਛੇਰਾ (person catching fish) · lt žvejė (person catching fish) · km អ្នកនេសាទ (person catching fish)