fisher
Plural: fishers
Noun
- A person who catches fish, or a type of marten.
- someone whose occupation is catching fish
- large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal
- A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.
- A North American marten-like mammal (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti), that has thick brown fur.
- Fur of specimens of species Pekania pennanti.
Examples
- The experienced Scrabble FISHER always seemed to net a high-scoring word.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English fischer, fischare, from Old English fisċere (“fisher”), from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz (“fisher”), equivalent to fish + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fisker (“fisher”), West Frisian fisker (“fisher”), Dutch visser (“fisher”), German Low German Fisker, Fisser (“fisher”), German Fischer (“fisher”), Danish fisker (“fisher”), Swedish fiskare (“fisher”).
Synonyms
black cat, fisher cat, fisherman, Martes pennanti, pekan, angler, big marten, black fox, fish farmer, fisher marten, fisherperson, piscary, piscator, piscatorialist, piscatorian, piscicapturist, pisciculturist
Scrabble Score: 12
fisher: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfisher: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fisher: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary