fisherwoman

noun

fish·​er·​wom·​an ˈfi-shər-ˌwu̇-mən 

: a woman who fishes as an occupation or for pleasure

Examples of fisherwoman in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The doc feature turns on Vicky a trans fisherwoman whose acceptance by her fishing village signals a new era of gender tolerance in the community. —John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024

The diving fisherwomen of South Korea’s Jeju Island, who harvest shellfish from the seafloor without breathing equipment, were a dwindling, elderly bunch when the agency recognized them, in 2016. —Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2024

Bragg is Mendocino’s slightly larger sibling 20 minutes away and has cool restaurants like the Princess Seafood, which is run by an entirely female crew of fisherwomen in a local marina. —Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023

In the fantasy adventure full of dinosaurs, cavepeople and erupting volcanoes, Welch played a fisherwoman who falls for a man (John Richardson) banished from his own tribe. —Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2023

She’s been a commercial fisherwoman—she’s had to work with her hands. —Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2022

Elisha Lucero was known in her family as a painter, a fisherwoman and a caretaker who had put aside her ambitions to nurse relatives through bouts of poor health. —Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2021

Further north, on the off-the-grid Cayo Frances, learn to fish from legendary fly fisherwoman Lori-Ann Murphy, and enjoy the placid, shallow waters of the leeward side of the island. —Ali Wunderman, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Jan. 2020

Floods and droughts One of them is Hauwa Mohammed, a 70-year-old fisherwoman, who had to flee from the port town of Baga. —Alicia Prager, Quartz Africa, 18 Oct. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1816, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fisherwoman

• businesswoman
• congresswoman
• englishwoman
• gentlewoman
• noblewoman
• policewoman
• washerwoman
• chairwoman
• frenchwoman
• kinswoman
• madwoman
• saleswoman