English Online Dictionary. What means fisher? What does fisher mean?
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɪʃə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɪʃɚ/
- Homophones: fissure, phisher
- Rhymes: -ɪʃə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
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”).
Noun
fisher (plural fishers)
- A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.
Usage notes
Traditionally less common than fisherman, "fisher" is gaining in use as a more gender-inclusive alternative.
Synonyms
- (catcher of wild fish): angler, fisherman, fisherperson, piscary, piscator, piscatorialist, piscatorian, piscicapturist
- (catcher of captive fish): fish farmer, pisciculturist
Hyponyms
- (female): anglerette, fisheress (rare), fisherette, fisherwoman, piscatrix
- (by means of fishing): noodler, surfcaster, trawler
Derived terms
Related terms
- (act): See fishing
- (adj): piscatory, piscatorial, piscatorian, piscatorious
- (adv): piscatorially
- (writing on fishermen): piscatory
Translations
Etymology 2
From French fichet (“polecat pelt”), probably from Dutch visse (“nasty”); modified by folk etymology to resemble Etymology 1.
Noun
fisher (plural fishers)
- A North American marten (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti), that has thick brown fur.
- Fur of specimens of species Pekania pennanti.
Synonyms
- (Pekania pennanti): pekan, fisher cat, black cat, fisher marten, big marten, black fox
Derived terms
- fisher cat
- fisher marten
Translations
References
- Fisher (animal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Martes pennanti on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Martes pennanti on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- Sherif, sherif