fisher

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see also: Fisher

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈfɪʃə/
• (America) IPA: /ˈfɪʃɚ/

Noun

fisher (plural fishers)

1. A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport.
2. A person attempting to catch fish.

Synonyms

• (catcher of wild fish) fisherman, fisherwoman, angler, piscary, piscator, piscatorian, piscatorialist, piscicapturist
• (catcher of captive fish) fish farmer, pisciculturist

Related terms

• (act) See fishing
• (adj) piscatory, piscatorial, piscatorian, piscatorious
• (adv) piscatorially
• (writing on fishermen) piscatory

Translations

• French: pêcheur person, pêcheuse person, bateau de pêche, bateau-pêcheur ship
• German: Fischer, Fischerin
• Italian: pescatore
• Portuguese: pescador
• Russian: рыба́к
• Spanish: pescador

Noun

fisher (plural fishers)

1. A North American marten, Martes pennanti, that has thick brown fur.
   • 2003, Cynthia J. Zabel, Robert G. Anthony, Mammal Community Dynamics, page 207 ↗,

     The term "forest carnivores" denotes a smaller group of four species - the marten, fisher, lynx, and wolverine - and is only marginally descriptive, inasmuch as it excludes many carnivores that live in forests, and includes the wolverine, which can thrive in the complete absence of trees.

2. The fur of Martes pennanti.

Synonyms

• (Martes pennanti) pekan, fisher cat, black cat, fisher marten, big marten, black fox

Translations

• French: pékan
• German: Fischermarder
• Russian: пека́н

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Fisher

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈfɪʃɚ/

Proper noun

1. Surname for a fisherman.
2. A location:
   1. A suburb in Canberra, Australia.
   2. A suburb in City of Mount Isa, Queensland.
   3. A locality in South Australia.
   4. A rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada.
   5. A tiny city in Poinsett County, Arkansas.
   6. A locality in Humboldt County, California.
   7. A village in Champaign County, Illinois.
   8. A village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
   9. A town in Polk County, Minnesota.
   10. A ghost town in Carroll County, Missouri.
   11. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon.
   12. An unincorporated community in Clarion County, Pennsylvania.
   13. An unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia.
3. A sea area centered on the Fisher Bank off the west coast of Denmark.

Translations

• French: Pecheur

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