Fisherman Meaning
/ˈfɪʃ.ə.mən/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA fisher, a person engaged in fishing:
nounA fisher, a person engaged in fishing:, Any person who attempts to catch fish.
Sentence Examples
The fisherman exaggerated the size of the fish he had caught.
The fisherman cast his line into the water.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Every morning, the old ____ sailed out early to catch the day's fresh fish.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The experienced ____ pulled a large salmon from the cold water, much to the delight of everyone.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English fisher Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English fisherman From fisher + -man.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall."
— 1922, Michael Arlen, “3/19/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
"I knovv God by Miracle can inſtruct Kings, as he rained Mannah, and raiſed the Apoſtles from letterless Fiſher-men, to learned Metropolitans, and profound Doctours."
— 1663, Edward Waterhous[e], chapter I, in Fortescutus Illustratus; or A Commentary on that Nervous Treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ, Written by Sir John Fortescue Knight, […], London: […] Tho[mas] Roycroft for Thomas Dicas […], →OCLC, page 38:
"Alienated from the clique society, / A lonely boy finds peace in fishing. / His mother says John this is not the way life's supposed to be. / Don't you see the life that you are missing? / And he says / When I grow up I want to be, / One of the harvesters of the sea. / I think before my days are done, / I want to be a fisherman."
— 1989, “John the Fisherman”, performed by Primus:
"They tortured and put to death English factors in the Spice Islands; they descended upon the fisheries of the North Sea in huge fleets escorted by men-of-war that attacked and sank the fishermen of other nations"
— 1938, Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips, Cromwell's Captains, page 196:
"Such boats should not have been fast, but the better fishermen — particularly John Alden's designs - […] won a big share of the offshore and coastwise races"
— 1987, John Rousmaniere, Cruising Club of America. Technical Committee, Desirable and Undesirable Characteristics of Offshore Yachts, page 26:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Every morning, the old ____ sailed out early to catch the day's fresh fish.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The experienced ____ pulled a large salmon from the cold water, much to the delight of everyone.