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 Through radio and snow tracking, biologists later found that the fishers that were released in northwestern Connecticut had high survival rates and successfully reproduced. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2025 While many Japanese fishers are trained in ike jime, the practice isn’t widely adopted in the US — and growing demand for humane harvesting techniques and high-quality seafood could generate appetite for the fish-killing robot. Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 25 July 2025 The bill, which passed in the Senate on Tuesday and now heads to the House, creates a tax exemption for fishers from western Alaskan villages and a separate provision that gives some whaling captains in the state the ability to deduct $50,000 of their expenses, a fivefold increase. Rachel Scully, The Hill, 2 July 2025 All fishers 13 years and older need a license to fish in Tennessee. Allison Kiehl, The Tennessean, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for fisher
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  • Extend your stay in Portorosso with the 2021 short Ciao Alberto, which follows Alberto working for the intimidating fisherman Massimo (Marco Barricelli).
    Sydni Ellis, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Cris Collinsworth, a generous fisherman, let CeeDee off the hook.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Fisher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fisher. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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