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US
/ˈfɪʃɝˌmæn, ˈfɪʃɝmən/
]
[ UK /fˈɪʃəmən/ ]
[ UK /fˈɪʃəmən/ ]
NOUN
- someone whose occupation is catching fish
How To Use fisherman In A Sentence
- This is God-fucking wondrous awful, Thomas Blanky had time to think as the entire ton or ton and a half of ice-encrusted manrope and human being began being pulled upward as easily and surely as if a fisherman were hauling up his net after a casting. The Terror
- A fisherman's son opened this beachside restaurant, which stretches down into the sand. Times, Sunday Times
- A lone fisherman sorts through his gear as we approach.
- A straight man and a good fisherman.
- From the outset, she is not sure she will survive this touchy encounter with a legendary fisherman who taught her everything she knows and is one tough, crusty character.
- Once or twice a day the intrepid fisherman ‘runs’ his trot line meaning he gets in a boat and checks the hook dangling beneath each float and if necessary sticks a fresh perch on it for bait.
- It was in this fortalice that Kornati fisherman left money for fish tax and the hard lifestyle of a fisherman forced them to build settlements on the nearby island of Piskera.
- Now, a fisherman can always throw a catch he doesn't like back, but, ultimately, no matter how cunning and patient a sportsman he is, what ends up in his creel is really up to the fish. INTERVIEW: John C. Wright
- Depart the Bay Area for Monterey Bay, visit Fisherman's Wharf and the Cannery Row, made famous by writer John Steinbeck.
- A series of mainly South American fisherman have been hauled back to Australia with their ships and prosecuted after they were caught fishing near southern Heard Island, and HSI said it hoped to see similar action against whalers.