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FISHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fisher mean? 

FISHER (noun)
  The noun FISHER has 2 senses:

1. someone whose occupation is catching fishplay

2. large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammalplay

  Familiarity information: FISHER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FISHER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone whose occupation is catching fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

fisher; fisherman

Hypernyms ("fisher" is a kind of...):

skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fisher"):

angler; troller (a fisherman who uses a hook and line)

trawler (a fisherman who use a trawl net)

Derivation:

fish (catch or try to catch fish or shellfish)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black cat; fisher; fisher cat; Martes pennanti; pekan

Hypernyms ("fisher" is a kind of...):

marten; marten cat (agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels)


 Context examples 


He was a most daring and successful seal and whale fisher.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For over a year he had been beating his way along the south shore of Lake Superior as a clam digger and a salmon fisher or in any other capacity that brought him food and bed.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)



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