fisher
fisher Lexical Profile
fisher Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A person who catches fish, either professionally as a livelihood or recreationally for sport.
"The local fisher spent hours repairing his nets by the docks before heading out to sea."
North American A large, carnivorous North American mammal (Pekania pennanti) of the weasel family, noted for its thick, dark brown fur and agility in climbing trees.
"While tracking wildlife in the Adirondacks, the biologist documented a fisher hunting porcupines in the snowy woods."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'fiscere' (fisherman), deriving from 'fisc' (fish) combined with the Germanic agent suffix '-er'. The mammal sense likely derives from colonial misidentification with the European polecat, which was known in French as 'fichet'.
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