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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

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Etymology

Origin of fisher

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

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Example Sentences

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In 2018, riots broke out in Saint-Louis, Senegal, after a fisher was shot and killed by Mauritanian coast guards, during what the Mauritanians said was a cross-border raid by a fishmeal boat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

"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

But fisher people in at least 100 towns and villages located on the coast say this would gravely impact their work.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2024

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

SolarCity’s eight-member board included Musk and four other intimates: Lyndon and Peter Rive, who are company co-founders and Musk’s cousins; John Fisher, a business partner of Jurvetson’s; and Gracias.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

That rate is designed to avoid a repeat of a failed 2020 bid from Thermo Fisher, which had a higher acceptance threshold, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

"While stroke has traditionally been considered a disease of older adults, our findings show that stroke is becoming increasingly common in younger adults," said study author Emily R. Fisher, MD, of the University of Cincinnati.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Sussex vehicle crime lead Ch Insp Oliver Fisher, says police resources are now being focused on "the top of that criminal network... that's where you'll seize the most assets and cause the most disruption".

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

He’s probably in there talking to some kid about respect and kindness, just like he told me when I got in trouble for telling Mrs. Fisher that her breath stank.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist

Some have proposed reimbursing fishers or using acoustic deterrents instead of mass slaughter.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

The most numerous are the fall-run Chinook, which fishers catch along the coast when their numbers are high enough.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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

"Small-scale fishers are unable to feed their families. They're losing their livelihoods," said Maisey Pigeon, of the Coalition for Fisheries Transparency, a Washington-based NGO.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

In the town, in little offices, sat the men who bought pearls from the fishers.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck

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