fish·er

(fĭsh′ər)

1. One that fishes, as a person or ship engaged in fishing: "Her son-in-law was a splendid fisher. One day he caught a beautiful big fish" (James Joyce).

a. A carnivorous mammal (Martes pennanti) of northern North America, having thick, dark-brown fur. Also called pekan.

b. The fur of this animal.

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fisher

(ˈfɪʃə)

1. a person who fishes; fisherman

2. (Animals)

a. a large North American marten, Martes pennanti, having thick dark brown fur

b. the fur of this animal

3. (Christian Churches, other) fisher of men an evangelist

Fisher

(ˈfɪʃə)

1. (Biography) Andrew. 1862–1928, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister of Australia (1908–09; 1910–13; 1914–15)

2. (Biography) Saint John. ?1469–1535, English prelate and scholar: executed for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as supreme head of the church. Feast day: June 22

3. (Biography) John Arbuthnot 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone. 1841–1920, British admiral; First Sea Lord (1904–10; 1914–15); introduced the dreadnought

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fish•er

(ˈfɪʃ ər)

n.

1. a fisherman.

2. a dark-furred North American marten, Martes pennanti.

3. the fur of this animal.

[before 900]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	fisher - someone whose occupation is catching fish fisherman troller, angler - a fisherman who uses a hook and line skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills trawler - a fisherman who use a trawl net
	2.	fisher - large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal black cat, fisher cat, Martes pennanti, pekan marten, marten cat - agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels

Translations

FischerFischermarder

pescador

kalur

pêcheur

amerikai fekete menyéthalász

fisher

(old, = fisherman) → Fischer m; fishers of men (Bibl) → Menschenfischer pl (Bibl)

(= animal) → Fischfänger m

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Jeremy Fisher; he lived in a little damp house amongst the buttercups at the edge of a pond.

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Don't be surprised if I seem to be keeping it dark from some of our neighbors round here." Then, as if prompted to regularize his rather abrupt confidence, he said: "I've come down to see my cousin at Torwood; my name is Horne Fisher. Might be a pun on my pottering about here, mightn't it?"

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Thus we may, perhaps, with little danger, relate the history of Fisher; who having long owed his bread to the generosity of Mr Derby, and having one morning received a considerable bounty from his hands, yet, in order to possess himself of what remained in his friend's scrutore, concealed himself in a public office of the Temple, through which there was a passage into Mr Derby's chambers.

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"Poor man!" said the fisher folk on the shore, whispering a prayer as they turned to go home.

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A Fisher once took his bagpipes to the bank of a river, and played upon them with the hope of making the fish rise; but never a one put his nose out of the water.

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The invitation was from a man named Fisher, a Chicago millionaire who had given up his life to settlement work, and had a little home in the heart of the city's slums.

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He goes thither at first as a hunter and fisher, until at last, if he has the seeds of a better life in him, he distinguishes his proper objects, as a poet or naturalist it may be, and leaves the gun and fish-pole behind.

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It belongs to all the books of the great Norwegian Bjorstjerne Bjornson, whose 'Arne,' and whose 'Happy Boy,' and whose 'Fisher Maiden' I read in this same fortunate sickness.

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They stopped once, to hide their implements in a thick bush not far from the churchyard, and once again at the Fisher's Tryst, to have a toast before the kitchen fire and vary their nips of whisky with a glass of ale.

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There was in this part of the isle a little hut of a house like a pig's hut, where fishers used to sleep when they came there upon their business; but the turf roof of it had fallen entirely in; so that the hut was of no use to me, and gave me less shelter than my rocks.

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--A sea full of many-hued fishes and crabs, for which even the Gods might long, and might be tempted to become fishers in it, and casters of nets,-- so rich is the world in wonderful things, great and small!

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The parapets in front of the hotels were usually fringed with fishers of all ages.

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