fisher
A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sportA person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.
» Boris wasn't a very good fisher.
Meaning
3 sensesA person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.
Fischer, Fischerin
рыба́кrybák, рыболо́вrybolóv
A North American marten-like mammal (Pekania pennanti), that has thick brown fur.
Fischermarder
пека́нpekán
large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal
Fur of specimens of species Pekania pennanti.
Examples
12 sentencesBoris wasn't a very good fisher.
Come after me, and I will make you into fishers of men.
He's a fly fisher.
ruОн нахлыстовик.
You guys are fishers.
Ziri is a hardcore fisher.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English fischer, fischare, from Old English fisċere (“fisher”), from Proto-GerFrom 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”).
From French fichet (“polecat pelt”), probably from Dutch visse (“nasty”); modified by folk etymology to resemble Etymology 1.
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Forms
plural: fishersSynonyms
17 synonyms- large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal:pekanfisher catblack catMartes pennanti