fisher

/ˈfɪʃɚ/
noun

A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 3 meanings

  1. A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.

  2. A North American marten-like mammal (Pekania pennanti), that has thick brown fur.

  3. Fur of specimens of species Pekania pennanti.

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Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English fischer, fischare, from Old English fisċere (“fisher”), from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz (“fisher”), equivalent to fish + -er.

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FISHER at a glance

FISHER has 6 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (F 4 + I 1 + S 1 + H 4 + E 1 + R 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,797 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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