as in fisherman
someone who catches fish
few fishers of lake trout are more ardent or adept than my father
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In the two German seas, over 400 people—tourists, sailors, fishers, naval cadets and munitions experts—have lost their lives to explosions from sunken weapons.
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Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
The key has been giving consumers the chance to connect the catch to the fisher.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2024
Local fishers on Mayotte struggle to talk about the phenomenon because there is no established terminology for it.
—Miki Mori, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2024
Leicester hoped to convince the U.S. and Jamaican governments to keep passing boats from inadvertently cutting the lines attached to local fishers’ large sunken fish traps.
—Fred Nadis, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
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Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
The key has been giving consumers the chance to connect the catch to the fisher.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2024
Local fishers on Mayotte struggle to talk about the phenomenon because there is no established terminology for it.
—Miki Mori, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2024
Leicester hoped to convince the U.S. and Jamaican governments to keep passing boats from inadvertently cutting the lines attached to local fishers’ large sunken fish traps.
—Fred Nadis, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
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“Fisher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fisher. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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