Meaning

2 senses
  1. A man who sells fish.

  2. A mythic or fictional being that is part man, part fish.

Origin

From Middle English fisscheman; equivalent to fish + -man.

From Middle English fisscheman; equivalent to fish + -man.

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Forms

plural: fishmen
Singularfishman
Pluralfishmen

irregular · Lesson

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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