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fisherwoman

[ fish-er-woom-uhn ]

noun

, plural fish·er·wom·en.
  1. a woman who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.


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Example Sentences

The irate owner searched in vain for his slave and even asked the fisherwoman if she had seen a weeping maiden.

Hunt for nobler game, if you like; but a fisherwoman must not despise the smallest that comes to her net.

It was a Berck fisherwoman's cloak, which she always put on when it rained.

Seeing that it was only, as he supposed, some harmless fisherwoman, Harald took courage and waited.

The eyes of all naturally took the direction of the well-born fisherwoman.

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