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  fisher

  noun

  any animal that catches fish for food.
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  Fisher

  noun

  Andrew, 1862–1928, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1908–09, 1910–13, 1914–15.

fisher

¹ American  

[fish-er] / ˈfɪʃ ər /

noun

• fishers
  plural

1. any animal that catches fish for food.

2. a fisherman.

3. a dark-brown or blackish marten, Martes pennanti, of northern North America.

4. the fur of this animal.

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Fisher ² American  

[fish-er] / ˈfɪʃ ər /

noun

1. Andrew, 1862–1928, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1908–09, 1910–13, 1914–15.

2. Dorothy Canfield Dorothea Frances Canfield Fisher, 1879–1958, U.S. novelist.

3. Irving, 1867–1947, U.S. political economist.

4. Saint John John of Rochester, c1469–1535, English Roman Catholic prelate and humanist: executed for treason.

5. John Arbuthnot, 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone 1841–1920, British admiral.

6. M(ary) F(rances) K(ennedy), 1908–92, U.S. culinary author.

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fisher ¹ British  

/ ˈfɪʃə /

noun

1. a person who fishes; fisherman

2. Also called: pekan. 

   1. a large North American marten, Martes pennanti , having thick dark brown fur

   2. the fur of this animal

3. an evangelist

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Fisher ² British  

/ ˈfɪʃə /

noun

1. Andrew . 1862–1928, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister of Australia (1908–09; 1910–13; 1914–15)

2. Saint John . ?1469–1535, English prelate and scholar: executed for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as supreme head of the church. Feast day: June 22

3. John Arbuthnot 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone. 1841–1920, British admiral; First Sea Lord (1904–10; 1914–15); introduced the dreadnought

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• fishers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of fisher

before 900; Middle English fisscher fisherman, Old English fiscere. See fish, -er ¹

Example Sentences

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"This suggests Kank may have been an active fisher, contrasting with common portrayal of raptors as agile terrestrial predators, like Velociraptor from the Northern Hemisphere."

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026

"It basically just says that a fisher must have an employment contract in writing and that salaries should be paid in intervals, but does not specify the time frame," he said.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

Chilton, who is usually clean-shaven, wears clear rectangular glasses and is a keen trout fisher, founded mushroom distributor Nammex in 1989.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025

Purchase from vendors and farmers and fisher people that have the same ethos as you do!

From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2025

He’d seen a fisher hang up and sink on the old struts when it had run itself into the whole mass of towers and then been unable to win free.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

David Fisher, of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, said reaching communities isolated by the floods was a daunting task because of "narrow and dangerous" access routes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Surrey's Matthew Fisher has been dropped from an otherwise unchanged England squad as they seek to complete a series clean-sweep over Pakistan.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

When Day and Fisher stop for a 90-second break to practice a dance they’ve been working on, they hear a voice scream out for help from the forest.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

More small films shot locally would mean more roles, said SAG-AFTRA Secretary-Treasurer Joely Fisher.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

But Tino came right up to me and said, “Hey, Fisher Man, thanks for helping us tonight.”

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

It is a centuries-old tradition in Wales, but coracle fishers on a major river have said pollution has meant there are "no fish" left.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

The remains were uncovered in Stora Förvar cave, an archaeological site on Stora Karlsö that was heavily used by seal hunters and fishers during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

This year, commercial fishers have resumed going for salmon after a rebound in the population prompted regulators to allow it under strict limits.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

Then, for about two weeks in February, fishers get their legal shot at the giant fish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Before Kino and Juana and the other fishers had come to Kino’s brush house, the nerves of the town were pulsing and vibrating with the news—Kino had found the Pearl of the World.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck

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