Synonyms for fisherman
ˈfɪʃ ər mənfish·er·man

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1. fishermannoun

   A person who attempts to catch fish.

   The fisherman cast his line.

   Synonyms:
   fisher, angler

2. fishermannoun

   A person whose profession is catching fish.

   He is a fisherman, out on a trawler for days at a time.

   Synonyms:
   fisher

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1. fisherman, fishernoun

   someone whose occupation is catching fish

   Synonyms:
   fisher, pekan, black cat, fisher cat

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1. • Skilled Worker

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1. fishermannoun

   Synonyms:
   fisher, angler

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1. fishermannoun

   Synonyms:
   fisher, piscator, angler

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1. List of paraphrases for "fisherman":

   fisher, angler, fishermen, fishers, sinner, harvester

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1. Jerome K. Jerome:

   Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake. Mere bald fabrication is useless; the veriest tyro can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous -- almost of pedantic -- veracity, that the experienced angler is seen.

2. Fisherman Stratis Valiamos:

   People say' you're a hero,' but this isn't heroism, it's the normal thing to do when Fisherman Stratis Valiamos're fishing and a boat is sinking next to Fisherman Stratis Valiamos and they're screaming for help, Fisherman Stratis Valiamos can't pretend to not hear them, he said. In October, a shipwreck where more than 240 people were rescued took place among.

3. Karl Marx:

   In communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticize after dinner, just as I have a mind, without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, shepherd or critic.

4. Luigi Barzini:

   They eat the dainty food of gamous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach.

5. Greenhorn Amy Majors:

   I’ve been a fisherman my entire life. I’m third generation… it’s a family thing.