fisherman

A2 Topic:People & Society

Also spelled fisher-man

US /ˈfɪʃ.ɚ.mən/ UK /ˈfɪʃ.ə.mən/
noun Freq #8422

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A person who catches fish, either for a living or for sport.

    The fisherman pulled in his net full of fish.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person who catches fish,... fisher
Word family
Forms fishermen
Derived forms catfishermancodfishermanfishermanshipflyfishermannonfishermanphishermanshellfishermanspearfishermansportfisherman
Related forms fisherfisherwoman

Etymology

From fisher + -man.

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