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FISHERMAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone whose occupation is catching fish
Synonyms:
fisher; fisherman
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fisherman" is a kind of...):
skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fisherman"):
angler; troller (a fisherman who uses a hook and line)
trawler (a fisherman who use a trawl net)
Context examples:
So away went the fisherman, and found his wife standing before the gate of a great castle.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
A few fishing vessels alone specked the water, and now and then the gentle breeze wafted the sound of voices as the fishermen called to one another.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
“Then there's the sea; and the boats and ships; and the fishermen; and the beach; and Am to play with—”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The authors propose that this method could be used by local authorities, so fishermen who catch and commercialize endangered species are sanctioned.
(New way to save endangered sharks – and our seafood, SciDev.Net)
The bowmen and men-at-arms had broken their ranks and were intermingled with the fishermen and citizens, whose laughing faces and hearty gestures bespoke the weight of care from which this welcome arrival had relieved them.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It would be fascinating to know whether dolphins respond to special calls made by fishermen, as Pliny the Elder asserted nearly two thousand years ago, says evolutionary biologist Dr Claire Spottiswoode (University of Cambridge and University of Cape Town).
(How humans and wild Honeyguide birds call each other to help, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The coastguard on duty at once made report, and one old fisherman, who for more than half a century has kept watch on weather signs from the East Cliff, foretold in an emphatic manner the coming of a sudden storm.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
“Ah!” said the fisherman, “how happily we shall live now!”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
A woman deposed that she lived near the beach and was standing at the door of her cottage, waiting for the return of the fishermen, about an hour before she heard of the discovery of the body, when she saw a boat with only one man in it push off from that part of the shore where the corpse was afterwards found.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
When I see how perfectly you understand them, how exquisitely you can enter into happiness like this plain fisherman's, or humour a love like my old nurse's, I know that there is not a joy or sorrow, not an emotion, of such people, that can be indifferent to you.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
