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fisherwoman

American  
[fish-er-woom-uhn] / ˈfɪʃ ərˌwʊm ən /

noun

  • fisherwomen
    plural
  1. a woman who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.


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An orphan and an outcast, Colman’s fisherwoman wasn’t raised to fit in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Reports from this year’s Sundance Film Festival mention, on the seeming opposite end of the spectrum, his role in “Wicker” as the fantasy man of a lonely fisherwoman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

“It’s the most interesting thing going on right now,” one, a commercial fisherwoman, said.

From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2024

"We are ready to face anything in our fight against the project. Our livelihoods should be protected at all costs," Vijaya, a fisherwoman from Pulicat, said.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2024

The fake fisherwoman points her walking stick, and the ray of moonlight swings down toward me, almost like she is conducting an ethereal symphony with the moonlight.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Hillaire was joined in Washington, D.C., by Lummi youth leaders and community members, to share their story on behalf of Lummi Nation, their ancestors, elders, children, fishermen and fisherwomen.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2023

On Ilha de Mare, quilombo residents have for generations survived on the hard work of artisanal fishermen and fisherwomen.

From Reuters ● Sep. 20, 2022

I then realized that this term referred to fishermen and fisherwomen.

From Washington Post ● May 15, 2020

To fill in the missing data, the team combed through the scientific literature and interviewed local experts, ranging from scientists to fishermen and fisherwomen.

From Nature ● Mar. 16, 2015

The song that fisherwomen sang to the sad young bride as they braided her hair and prepared her for her wedding to a man she didn’t love.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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