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fisher

noun
/ˈfɪʃə/UK/ˈfɪʃɚ/US

Etymology

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”).

  1. inherited from *fiskārijaz✻ — “fisher”
  2. inherited from fisċere — “fisher”
  3. inherited from fischer

Definitions

  1. A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport

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

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

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

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

  3. Fur of specimens of species Pekania pennanti.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a fisherman.

    2. A location

      A location:

    3. A sea area centered on the Fisher Bank off the west coast of Denmark.

The neighborhood

Derived

fisher cat, fisher marten

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fisher. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA