as in fisher
someone who catches fish
fishermen sorting out their catch
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Recent Examples of fisherman
Cris Collinsworth, a generous fisherman, let CeeDee off the hook.
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Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Small crafts include owners of small to medium sized motor and sail boats, affecting fisherman, para-sailors, windsurfers and canoe paddlers.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
In the 1990s, an average of 24 commercial fishermen drowned in Alaska each year, according to the CDC.
—Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
The fisherman, Melchiore Camilleri, pulled the net up and noticed two red fish caught in the lattice.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
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Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Small crafts include owners of small to medium sized motor and sail boats, affecting fisherman, para-sailors, windsurfers and canoe paddlers.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
In the 1990s, an average of 24 commercial fishermen drowned in Alaska each year, according to the CDC.
—Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
The fisherman, Melchiore Camilleri, pulled the net up and noticed two red fish caught in the lattice.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fisherman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fisherman
fisher
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The short season, when thousands of fishers and crew live on Bristol Bay, home of the world’s largest sockeye population, for about six short weeks, others processing on land, provides the global supply of sockeye salmon for the entire year to come.—
Andrew Watman,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Screenshots from a video a fisher captured of a bald eagle soaring through the sky and snagging a fish out of a lake in Canada.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Fisherman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fisherman. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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