Fisherman definition

fĭshər-mən
fishermen
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A commercial fishing vessel.
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One who fishes as an occupation or for sport.
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A commercial fishing vessel.
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A person who fishes for sport or for a living.
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Designating or of a style of bulky sweater knit in a combination of stitches and having a wide collar or turtleneck.
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A person whose profession is catching fish.

He is a fisherman, out on a trawler for days at a time.

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A person who attempts to catch fish.

The fisherman cast his line.

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A boat used for commercial fishing.
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Singular:
fisherman
Plural:
fishermen

Origin of fisherman

  • fisher +‎ -man.

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Fisherman Sentence Examples

  • The instrument generally employed is a bag-shaped net attached to a semicircular hoop, provided with a long handle and pushed over the surface of the sand by a fisherman wading in the water at ebb-tide.

  • He speaks Finnish with Finns, Mongolian with Buriats, Ostiak with Ostiaks; he shows remarkable facility in adapting his agricultural practices to new conditions, without, however, abandoning the village community; he becomes hunter, cattle-breeder or fisherman, and carries on these occupations according to local usage; he modifies his dress and adapts his religious beliefs to the locality he inhabits.

  • You usually lie like a bragging fisherman, so I stopped asking.

  • Originally a fisherman and diver of Anthedon in Boeotia, having eaten of a certain magical herb sown by Cronus, he leapt into the sea, where he was changed into a god, and endowed with the gift of unerring prophecy.

  • In 1555 Rawlins White, a fisherman, was burnt at Cardiff for his Protestantism, and in 1679 two Catholic priests were executed for recusancy.

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