as in fisherman
someone who catches fish
few fishers of lake trout are more ardent or adept than my father
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Recent Examples of fisher
Rare animals in Ohio Earlier this month, a fisher was spotted in Cuyahoga County for the first time since the 1800s.
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Michael Guise, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
Their biggest predatory threat is the Tully Grunter, a larger native Australian fish up to 35 centimeters long, that scientists believe was introduced to the river by recreational fishers wanting a decent catch.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
Historically, local shrimp fishers accidentally caught the small porpoises in gill nets, inadvertently killing them.
—Ryan Green, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2025
Most of these migrants were fisher-hunter-gatherers and belonged to numerous ethnic groups who left vital evidence of their presence in stones, burial sites, and artifacts.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
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fisherman
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Helga once wrestled down a drunk fisherman in the Café, a man of above-average size, and then threw him out like a piece of rubbish; Jens thus transfers most of his weight automatically to her; who is this kid, by the way?—
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Born to a seamstress and a fisherman, Cristóbal Balenciaga got his humble start in Getaria and then moved to San Sebastián before becoming a renowned fashion designer.—
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“Fisher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fisher. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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