as in fisher
someone who catches fish
fishermen sorting out their catch
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Recent Examples of fisherman
Hara’s grandfather worked as a superintendent at a cannery, while his father and two uncles all became commercial fishermen.
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Claire Wang, NBC news, 31 May 2025
Breton stripes, fisherman sandals, shell motifs—anything that could remind you of the ocean is very much in play, and plenty of it is currently on sale at Nordstrom.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 30 May 2025
Barfield shot a dolphin in front of elementary-aged children
The U.S. attorney's office said on one trip, Barfield shot a dolphin while two elementary-aged children were aboard his boat, along with more than a dozen fishermen.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 28 May 2025
Meanwhile, an 11-state Fisheries Mitigation Project is still trying to figure out how to establish a process by which the wind developers will compensate fishermen for messing up their industry.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Claire Wang, NBC news, 31 May 2025
Breton stripes, fisherman sandals, shell motifs—anything that could remind you of the ocean is very much in play, and plenty of it is currently on sale at Nordstrom.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 30 May 2025
Barfield shot a dolphin in front of elementary-aged children
The U.S. attorney's office said on one trip, Barfield shot a dolphin while two elementary-aged children were aboard his boat, along with more than a dozen fishermen.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 28 May 2025
Meanwhile, an 11-state Fisheries Mitigation Project is still trying to figure out how to establish a process by which the wind developers will compensate fishermen for messing up their industry.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fisherman
fisher
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All of this means future generations of artisanal fishers will not see the catches that sustained their parents.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
5 June 2025
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But this gear, compared with a buoy and rope, is costly and can stress the fishers’ thin profit margins.—
Nate Iglehart,
Christian Science Monitor,
21 May 2025
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“Fisherman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fisherman. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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