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fish-tackle |
fish-tail |
fish-worship |
fishbone |
fishbowl |
fisher
| fisher cat
| fisherman
| fisherman's bend
| fisherman's knot
| fisherman's lure
fisher
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fisher has 2 senses
- fisher(n = noun.person) fisherman - someone whose occupation is catching fish; Array has particulars: angler, troller, trawler
- fisher(n = noun.animal) black cat, fisher cat, martes pennanti, pekan - large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal; Array is a kind of marten, marten cat
is a kind of skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker
Derived form verb fish2
CIDE DICTIONARY
fisher, n. [AS. fiscere.].
- One who fishes. [1913 Webster]
- A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (
Mustela Canadensis ); the pekan; the “black cat.” [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fisher, n.
1 an animal that catches fish, esp. a pekan.
2 archaic a fisherman.
1 an animal that catches fish, esp. a pekan.
2 archaic a fisherman.
Etymology
OE fiscere f. Gmc (as FISH(1))
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