fisher.
A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.
Meaning & usage
A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.
Where this word comes from
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”).
A North American marten-like mammal (Pekania pennanti), that has thick brown fur.
Fur of specimens of species Pekania pennanti.
Where this word comes from
From French fichet (“polecat pelt”), probably from Dutch visse (“nasty”); modified by folk etymology to resemble Etymology 1.
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