as in fisherman
someone who catches fish
few fishers of lake trout are more ardent or adept than my father
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See it In Thanh Hoa, Vietnam, fishers caught four crab-eating frogs, Fejervarya moodiei, marking the first record of this species in the province.
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Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Farmers, fishers, and field workers feel, see and live with the most severe impacts.
—Felipe Arango, Sourcing Journal, 26 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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Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Farmers, fishers, and field workers feel, see and live with the most severe impacts.
—Felipe Arango, Sourcing Journal, 26 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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Helga once wrestled down a drunk fisherman in the Café, a man of above-average size, and then threw him out like a piece of rubbish; Jens thus transfers most of his weight automatically to her; who is this kid, by the way?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Born to a seamstress and a fisherman, Cristóbal Balenciaga got his humble start in Getaria and then moved to San Sebastián before becoming a renowned fashion designer.—
Michelle Arellano Martin,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Fisher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fisher. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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