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Recent Examples of Synonyms for watermen
Noun
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And the entire system didn't work well for anyone, not for the fish or the fishermen.—
Dan Morrison,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025 -
Deputies had blocked off part of Dodge Memorial County Park and were asking fishermen to keep an eye out.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Historically, local shrimp fishers accidentally caught the small porpoises in gill nets, inadvertently killing them.—
Ryan Green,
Scientific American,
6 Nov. 2025
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The lights themselves are also heavy, can make the nets sag, and not easy for fishers to work with.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Watermen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watermen. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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