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Recent Examples of fisherwoman
Colman plays as a fisherwoman, her village’s outcast, who asks a basketmaker to weave her a husband (Skarsgård).
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Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
Good thing, too, because his movie is about a fisherwoman who crafts a husband out of wicker.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 20 Jan. 2026
Oscar winner Olivia Colman is a sardonic fisherwoman who asks a basketmaker to weave her a handsome husband (Alexander Skarsgård) in Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer’s characteristically whimsical follow-up to their surreal end-of-the-world comedy Save Yourselves!.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2026
Martin Ellingham is now Martin Best (Josh Charles); Aunt Joan is Aunt Sarah (Annie Potts), a fisherwoman instead of a farmer.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2026
The film centers on a widowed fisherwoman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, who interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
The ship, named after Gaza’s first and only fisherwoman according to FFC, was launched from Sicily, Italy on June 1.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 9 June 2025
But at least one fisherwoman is using social media to her advantage.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 7 June 2025
Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
Good thing, too, because his movie is about a fisherwoman who crafts a husband out of wicker.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 20 Jan. 2026
Oscar winner Olivia Colman is a sardonic fisherwoman who asks a basketmaker to weave her a handsome husband (Alexander Skarsgård) in Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer’s characteristically whimsical follow-up to their surreal end-of-the-world comedy Save Yourselves!.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2026
Martin Ellingham is now Martin Best (Josh Charles); Aunt Joan is Aunt Sarah (Annie Potts), a fisherwoman instead of a farmer.
—Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2026
The film centers on a widowed fisherwoman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, who interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
The ship, named after Gaza’s first and only fisherwoman according to FFC, was launched from Sicily, Italy on June 1.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 9 June 2025
But at least one fisherwoman is using social media to her advantage.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 7 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fisherwoman
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For he had been given the task of coordinating the fishermen in charge of feeding the prospectors.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Drug-trafficking networks with links to transnational cartels are active along Ecuador’s coast and have used fishermen and their small boats to transport illicit shipments, according to local police.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Permits were even required for Gazan fisherfolk to use the sea.—
Literary Hub
August 27,
Literary Hub,
27 Aug. 2025
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Willow Beach also allows fishers to take home most of their catches, with a few exceptions for rare fish.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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With sea lions still eating thousands of salmon each spring at sites such as the Bonneville Dam, near Portland, some local fishers, tribal members, and politicians are pushing for the mammals’ body count to rise.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Fisherwoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fisherwoman. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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