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fisher

/ˈfɪʃɚ/

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What does fisher mean?

noun

  1. A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.
  2. A North American marten-like mammal (Pekania pennanti), that has thick brown fur.
  3. Fur of specimens of species Pekania pennanti.
More meanings (16)

proper noun

  1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a fisherman.
  2. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
  3. A suburb of the City of Mount Isa, Queensland.
  4. A locality in Mid Murray council area, South Australia.
  5. A rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada.
  6. A minor city in Poinsett County, Arkansas.
  7. A locality in Humboldt County, California.
  8. A village in Champaign County, Illinois.
  9. A village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
  10. A town in Polk County, Minnesota.
  11. A ghost town in Carroll County, Missouri.
  12. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon.
  13. An unincorporated community in Clarion County, Pennsylvania.
  14. An unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia.
  15. A sea area centered on the Fisher Bank off the west coast of Denmark.
  16. Ellipsis of Fisher County
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But none of the old anglers, to my knowledge, was a dry-fly fisher, and Izaak was no fly-fisher at all.
Andrew LangIntroduction to the Compleat AnglerProject Gutenberg ebook #2422
Bud Fisher with "Mutt and Jeff" comes first in popularity, I believe, and then there are his rivals and his imitators.
E. V. (Edward Verrall) LucasRoving East and Roving WestProject Gutenberg ebook #7237
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Lily Fisher was the most stuck-up doll in the world, and it was certainly not like her to recite to be obliging.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
But I see that if I were to live in a wilderness I should again be tempted to become a fisher and hunter in earnest.
Henry David ThoreauWalden, and On The Duty Of Civil DisobedienceProject Gutenberg ebook #205
Door after door was opened, and in the grey light of the morning fisher after fisher was seen to come forth, yawning and stretching himself, nightcap on head.
Robert Louis StevensonRecords of a Family of EngineersProject Gutenberg ebook #280