fisherwoman

noun

fish·​er·​wom·​an ˈfi-shər-ˌwu̇-mən 

: a woman who fishes as an occupation or for pleasure

Examples of fisherwoman in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The plot requires the tailor’s wife to introduce doubts in the fisherwoman’s mind about her affectionate man’s fidelity. —Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026

The film follows a lonely fisherwoman who asks a master basket weaver to build her a husband out of wood, only to become the envy of the village that once shunned her. —Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2026

Colman plays as a fisherwoman, her village’s outcast, who asks a basketmaker to weave her a husband (Skarsgård). —Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026

Oscar winner Olivia Colman is a sardonic fisherwoman who asks a basketmaker to weave her a handsome husband (Alexander Skarsgård) in Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer’s characteristically whimsical follow-up to their surreal end-of-the-world comedy Save Yourselves!. —Radhika Seth, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2026

Martin Ellingham is now Martin Best (Josh Charles); Aunt Joan is Aunt Sarah (Annie Potts), a fisherwoman instead of a farmer. —Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1751, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fisherwoman

• businesswoman
• congresswoman
• englishwoman
• gentlewoman
• noblewoman
• policewoman
• washerwoman
• chairwoman
• frenchwoman
• kinswoman
• madwoman
• saleswoman