fisherman

American  

[fish-er-muhn] / ˈfɪʃ ər mən /

noun

fishermen plural

1. a person who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.

2. a ship used in fishing.

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adjective

1. Knitting. Also fisherman'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.

fisherman British  

/ ˈfɪʃəmən /

noun

1. a person who fishes as a profession or for sport

2. a vessel used for fishing

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• nonfisherman
  noun

Inflected Forms

noun

• fishermen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of fisherman

1400–50; late Middle English fissherman; see fisher, -man

Example Sentences

A FISHERMAN, engaged in his calling, made a very successful cast and captured a great haul of fish.

From Aesop's Fables Translated by George Fyler Townsend by Townsend, George Fyler

I did not think Again to see the gladsome light of day, Nor the dear faces of my wife and children; And eyed disconsolate the waste of waters—— FISHERMAN.

From Wilhelm Tell by Schiller, Friedrich

FISHERMAN: All that we caught we left behind, and all that we did not catch we carry home.

From Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Evelyn-White, Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard)

Related Words

• fisher
• trawler