fisher

CEFRA2

/ˈfɪʃə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person or animal that catches fish.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A North American marten-like mammal (Pekania pennanti), that has thick brown fur.

Examples

  • This is the boy whose name is Tom Fisher.

  • Boris wasn't a very good fisher.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Fur of specimens of species Pekania pennanti.

  2. A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.

More examples

In context

  • He's a fly fisher.

  • The fishers who live here left for the mainland only days ago as an unseasonable October storm ravaged the islands.

  • In many ways the fisher resembles the pine marten, possessing many of the marten's tricks and manners.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From 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”).