as in fisherman
someone who catches fish
few fishers of lake trout are more ardent or adept than my father
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Recent Examples of fisher
Farmers, fishers, and field workers feel, see and live with the most severe impacts.
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Felipe Arango, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
This year’s crop of ultra-ursines include two previous winners: 32 Chunk, a mammoth male who is hoping to make a comeback after a broken jaw and 128 Grazer, a fearsome fisher who won the Fat Bear Week crown in 2023 and 2024 and whose cub just snagged the Fat Bear Week junior title.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Flowers bloom in riverbank gardens near where fishers angle to hook one of the over 70 species of fish in the water, up from less than 10 before the passage of the Clean Water Act.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Each fisher who descends on Bristol Bay for the season can’t afford to take their eye off of the prize.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Felipe Arango, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
This year’s crop of ultra-ursines include two previous winners: 32 Chunk, a mammoth male who is hoping to make a comeback after a broken jaw and 128 Grazer, a fearsome fisher who won the Fat Bear Week crown in 2023 and 2024 and whose cub just snagged the Fat Bear Week junior title.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Flowers bloom in riverbank gardens near where fishers angle to hook one of the over 70 species of fish in the water, up from less than 10 before the passage of the Clean Water Act.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Each fisher who descends on Bristol Bay for the season can’t afford to take their eye off of the prize.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fisher
fisherman
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While digging for worms, the fisherman uncovered a massive collection of 12th-century silver.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
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The law also places restrictions on commercial fishermen, shippers and other marine industries.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Fisher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fisher. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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