as in fisher
someone who catches fish
fishermen sorting out their catch
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Recent Examples of fisherman
The original 1997 movie followed the two characters — then teenagers — as well as character portrayed by Ryan Phillippe and Prinze's wife Sarah Michelle Gellar, who are each tormented by the film's slasher-style fisherman villain one year after covering up a deadly car accident.
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 22 July 2025
The state’s fishermen earned a carve-out in a bid to keep Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski’s support for the overall bill, which squeaked by only with Vice President JD Vance casting a tie-breaking vote.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 21 July 2025
But there’s just something about him — floating in a pool, joint in his mouth, mysterious new fisherman lurking nearby — that people tend to like.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 18 July 2025
Her body was found by a fisherman in the river just before 10:30 a.m. local time Wednesday near Brownsville, Minnesota—more than a dozen miles from her last known location, according to authorities.
—Alexandra Koch , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 24 July 2025
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Tommy McArdle, People.com, 22 July 2025
The state’s fishermen earned a carve-out in a bid to keep Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski’s support for the overall bill, which squeaked by only with Vice President JD Vance casting a tie-breaking vote.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 21 July 2025
But there’s just something about him — floating in a pool, joint in his mouth, mysterious new fisherman lurking nearby — that people tend to like.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 18 July 2025
Her body was found by a fisherman in the river just before 10:30 a.m. local time Wednesday near Brownsville, Minnesota—more than a dozen miles from her last known location, according to authorities.
—Alexandra Koch , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fisherman
fisher
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Government attorneys say the fisheries service's letter merely notified commercial fishers of a change that had already taken place through Trump's authority to remove the prohibition on commercial fishing in certain areas.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Aug. 2025
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The floating feeders will dispense food four times a day, then commercial fishers will go out to the feeders to catch the fish.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Fisherman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fisherman. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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