Fisherman
['fɪʃəmən] or ['fɪʃɚmən]
Definition
(n.) One whose occupation is to catch fish.
(n.) A ship or vessel employed in the business of taking fish, as in the cod fishery.
Editor: Roxanne
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Fisher, angler.
Typed by Laverne
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a fisherman, denotes you are nearing times of greater prosperity than you have yet known.
Typed by Edmund
Examples
- The fisherman's daughter? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Turning round, I found myself face to face with the fisherman's daughter, Limping Lucy. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The child says of a sudden, “Fisherman's daughter, here's a shell! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- No doubt he ventured at first as a fisherman, having learnt the elements of seacraft in creeks and lagoons. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I am indebted to the fisherman's wife for an entirely new sensation. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I rowed up opposite the fisherman's island where there were boats drawn up and men were mending nets. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Having said that, the fisherman came a step nearer, and addressed himself to me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And of a sudden this child held out her hand, and said, what would be in English, “Fisherman's daughter, here's a shell! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He was soon over, and then the second fisherman got over, and then the third. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- In the price of sea-fish, for example, one part pays the labour of the fisherman, and the other the profits of the capital employed in the fishery. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- So I coax it down again, as the fisherman coaxed the genie. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Early as it was, we found the fisherman's wife astir in her kitchen. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I found the fisherman on the beach. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Betteredge, attired for the occasion in a fisherman's red cap, and an apron of green baize, met us in the outer hall. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Fishermen, for the same reason. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Fishermen have been so since the time of Theocritus. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- 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. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Yet these plain-looking fishermen had defeated the veterans of Alva. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We would for the poor fishermen's, to be sure, and we'd help 'em with money when they come to any hurt. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He rode to hounds in a pepper-and-salt frock, and was one of the best fishermen in the county. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Another woman confirmed the account of the fishermen having brought the body into her house; it was not cold. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Crouching down again in a corner there, and looking in, he made out the three fishermen creeping through some rank grass! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- There is a nice village at Pallanza and you can row out to the islands where the fishermen live and there is a restaurant on the biggest island. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Typist: Terrence