fisherman
- a person who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.
- a ship used in fishing.
- Also fish·er·man's. of, relating to, or designating a knitting pattern consisting primarily of cable-stitches executed in a characteristically thick, traditionally off-white yarn, or a garment made in this pattern and yarn: a fisherman sweater.
Origin of fisherman
Examples from the Web for fisherman
Contemporary Examples of fisherman
Find a fisherman to take you out on the water at dusk to watch the natural pyrotechnics at their bellowing best.
He worked unstable jobs as a fisherman and a construction worker before he entered the piracy business.
This fall, its rocket fire on Israel appears to have won greater freedom of movement for Gazan farmers and fisherman.
Mahmoud Abbas Bid for U.N. Sanction of Palestine State Could Explode West BankPeter Beinart
November 26, 2012
Gemma Hardy is the orphaned daughter of a Scottish woman and an Icelandic fisherman.
Must Reads: Margot Livesey, Robert Walser and MoreWendy Smith, Malcolm Forbes, Jane Ciabattari
February 16, 2012
Bald and laconic, it starts out from the image of the fisherman harvesting the river for food.
Historical Examples of fisherman
A fisherman's boy in a boat rowed slowly along by their side.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
The fisherman had indeed seen Lambert's boat, which was well known.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
This fisherman, I am glad to tell you, was an exceedingly humane and upright man.
The Gorgon's HeadNathaniel Hawthorne
My pride was touched, and I agreed to go, leaving my fisherman in the lurch.
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
I was not long in making a bargain with a fisherman to aid in catching shad.
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
fisherman
- a person who fishes as a profession or for sport
- a vessel used for fishing