as in fisher
someone who catches fish
fishermen sorting out their catch
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Recent Examples of fisherman
Choose classic blue mid-rise cigarette jeans and combine them with a tank top or vest and fisherman sandals.
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Renata Joffre, Glamour, 5 May 2026
The proposal would establish a whale monitoring desk at the San Francisco Coast Guard station to provide real-time tracking of migrating whales, allowing fishermen to avoid high-risk areas.
—Da Lin, CBS News, 3 May 2026
Various species of sharks, some of which are endangered, hauled on shore at dawn by commercial fishermen at the Tanjung Luar port in East Lombok, Indonesia, last June.
—Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 3 May 2026
Before moving the afterparty to Santa Monica’s Not No Bar (co-owner Conner Mitchell is also one of Little Fish’s fishermen), the music cut briefly for speeches.
—Kit Warchol, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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Renata Joffre, Glamour, 5 May 2026
The proposal would establish a whale monitoring desk at the San Francisco Coast Guard station to provide real-time tracking of migrating whales, allowing fishermen to avoid high-risk areas.
—Da Lin, CBS News, 3 May 2026
Various species of sharks, some of which are endangered, hauled on shore at dawn by commercial fishermen at the Tanjung Luar port in East Lombok, Indonesia, last June.
—Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 3 May 2026
Before moving the afterparty to Santa Monica’s Not No Bar (co-owner Conner Mitchell is also one of Little Fish’s fishermen), the music cut briefly for speeches.
—Kit Warchol, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fisherman
fisher
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An eelpout is not a Minnesota expression of surprise but a nocturnal, eel-like creature, often the quarry of ice-fishers.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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Nicole TungFrozen Spanish mackerel in cold storage at a facility owned by a Thai family of commercial fishers in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, in January 2025.—
Jay Ganglani,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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“Fisherman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fisherman. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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