"fisher" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɪʃə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɪʃɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-fisher.ogg [US] Forms: fishers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English fischer, fischare, from Old English fisċere (“fisher”), from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz (“fisher”), equivalent to fish + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fisker (“fisher”), West Frisian fisker (“fisher”), Dutch visser (“fisher”), German Low German Fisker, Fisser (“fisher”), German Fischer (“fisher”), Danish fisker (“fisher”), Swedish fiskare (“fisher”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fischer}} Middle English fischer, {{m|enm|fischare}} fischare, {{inh|en|ang|fisċere|t=fisher}} Old English fisċere (“fisher”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*fiskārijaz|t=fisher}} Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz (“fisher”), {{suf|en|fish|er|id2=agent noun}} fish + -er, {{cog|stq|Fisker|t=fisher}} Saterland Frisian Fisker (“fisher”), {{cog|fy|fisker|t=fisher}} West Frisian fisker (“fisher”), {{cog|nl|visser|t=fisher}} Dutch visser (“fisher”), {{cog|nds-de|Fisker}} German Low German Fisker, {{m|nds-de|Fisser|t=fisher}} Fisser (“fisher”), {{cog|de|Fischer|t=fisher}} German Fischer (“fisher”), {{cog|da|fisker|t=fisher}} Danish fisker (“fisher”), {{cog|sv|fiskare|t=fisher}} Swedish fiskare (“fisher”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fisher (plural fishers)
  1. A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing. Categories (topical): Occupations Categories (lifeform): Mustelids Synonyms (catcher of captive fish): fish farmer, pisciculturist Synonyms (catcher of wild fish): angler, fisherman, fisherperson, piscary, piscator, piscatorialist, piscatorian, piscicapturist Hyponyms: anglerette [feminine], fisheress [feminine, rare], fisherette [feminine], fisherwoman [feminine], piscatrix [feminine] Hyponyms (by means of fishing): noodler, surfcaster, trawler Related terms: piscatory [adjective], piscatorial [adjective], piscatorian [adjective], piscatorious [adjective], piscatorially [adverb] Related terms (act): fishing Related terms (writing on fishermen): piscatory Translations (person who fishes): visser (Afrikaans), ἁλιεύς (halieús) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ձկնորս (jknors) (Armenian), piscar (Aromanian), балыҡсы (balıqsı) (Bashkir), рибар (ribar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pescador [masculine] (Catalan), 魚夫 (Chinese Mandarin), 鱼夫 (yúfū) (Chinese Mandarin), 漁民 (Chinese Mandarin), 渔民 (yúmín) (Chinese Mandarin), piscadore (Corsican), pescadore (Corsican), piscatore (Corsican), pescatore (Corsican), balıqçı (Crimean Tatar), rybář [masculine, person] (Czech), visser [masculine] (Dutch), wHa:a-V1-in (wḥꜥ) (Egyptian), fiŝisto (Esperanto), fiŝkaptisto (Esperanto), kalur (Estonian), kalamees (Estonian), kalastaja (Finnish), pêcheur [masculine, person] (French), pêcheuse [feminine, person] (French), bateau de pêche [masculine] (French), bateau-pêcheur (english: ship) [masculine] (French), pescjadôr [masculine] (Friulian), pesčhadôr [masculine] (Friulian), pescador [masculine] (Galician), pescadora [feminine] (Galician), მეთევზე (metevze) (Georgian), Fischer [masculine] (German), Fischerin [feminine] (German), ψαράς (psarás) [masculine] (Greek), halász (Hungarian), pascadur (Istriot), pescatore [masculine] (Italian), 漁師 (ryōshi) (alt: りょうし) (Japanese), 漁民 (gyomin) (alt: ぎょみん) (Japanese), 낚시꾼 (naksikkun) (Korean), 어부 (eobu) (Korean), piscātor [masculine] (Latin), dengen (Lun Bawang), mpanjono (Malagasy), pemancing (Malay), pescaire (Occitan), pescador (Occitan), ojiig (Ojibwe), ojiigag [plural] (Ojibwe), fisċere [masculine] (Old English), Fescha [masculine] (Plautdietsch), rybak [masculine] (Polish), pescador [masculine] (Portuguese), pescar [masculine] (Romanian), pestgader [masculine] (Romansch), pestgadur (Romansch), рыба́к (rybák) [masculine] (Russian), рыболо́в (rybolóv) [masculine] (Russian), iasgair [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ribar [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), палықчы (palıqçı) (Shor), piscaturi [masculine] (Sicilian), pescador [masculine] (Spanish), fiskare [common-gender] (Swedish), balıkçı (Turkish), päskaran [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hipäskaran [masculine] (Volapük), jipäskaran [feminine] (Volapük), pexheu [masculine] (Walloon), pysgotwr [masculine] (Welsh), פֿישער (fisher) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-fisher-en-noun-gG5BrCCi Disambiguation of Occupations: 56 43 1 Disambiguation of Mustelids: 50 48 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 33 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 60 39 1 Derived forms: fisher-boat, fisheress, fisherfolk, fisherman, fisherperson, fisherwoman, fishery, kingfisher, line fisher, whale fisher, whale-fisher
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɪʃə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɪʃɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-fisher.ogg [US] Forms: fishers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From French fichet (“polecat pelt”), probably from Dutch visse (“nasty”); modified by folk etymology to resemble Etymology 1. Etymology templates: {{taxlink|Pekania pennanti|species}} Pekania pennanti, {{taxfmt|Martes pennanti|species}} Martes pennanti, {{bor|en|fr|fichet||polecat pelt}} French fichet (“polecat pelt”), {{der|en|nl|visse||nasty}} Dutch visse (“nasty”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fisher (plural fishers)
  1. A North American marten (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti), that has thick brown fur. Categories (topical): People Categories (lifeform): Mustelids Translations (marten): пекан (pekan) [masculine] (Bulgarian), marta pescadora [feminine] (Catalan), 漁貂 (Chinese Mandarin), 渔貂 (yúdiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 食魚貂 (Chinese Mandarin), 食鱼貂 (shíyúdiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), vismarter [masculine] (Dutch), pekani (Finnish), kanadannäätä (Finnish), pékan [masculine] (French), marta [feminine] (Galician), Fischermarder [masculine] (German), halásznyest (Hungarian), cat crainn Pennant [masculine] (Irish), martes pennanti (Latin), ojiig (Ojibwe), ojiigag [plural] (Ojibwe), kuna wodna [feminine] (Polish), jder-pescăresc [masculine] (Romanian), пека́н (pekán) [masculine] (Russian), fiskmård [common-gender] (Swedish), balıkçı sansar (Turkish), chồn mactet Bắc Mỹ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-fisher-en-noun-C1LNgVbA Disambiguation of People: 33 67 0 Disambiguation of Mustelids: 50 48 3 Disambiguation of 'marten': 100 0
  2. The fur of Pekania pennanti. Translations (fur): kanadannäätä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fisher-en-noun-dt~ItU8x Disambiguation of 'fur': 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pekan, fisher cat, black cat, fisher marten, big marten, black fox Derived forms: fisher cat, fisher marten Related terms: Martes pennanti
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "word": "visser"
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "note": "صَيَّاد m which refers alike to a hunter",
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          "sense": "person who fishes"
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          "note": "poetically عَرَكِيّ m which is singulative of عَرَك and عُرُوك",
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          "sense": "person who fishes"
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          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "word": "ձկնորս"
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          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "word": "piscar"
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          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
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          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "word": "балыҡсы"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ribar",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "pescador"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "word": "魚夫"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yúfū",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "word": "鱼夫"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "word": "漁民"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yúmín",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "word": "渔民"
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        {
          "code": "co",
          "lang": "Corsican",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "word": "piscadore"
        },
        {
          "code": "co",
          "lang": "Corsican",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "word": "pescadore"
        },
        {
          "code": "co",
          "lang": "Corsican",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "word": "piscatore"
        },
        {
          "code": "co",
          "lang": "Corsican",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "word": "pescatore"
        },
        {
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "word": "balıqçı"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "person"
          ],
          "word": "rybář"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "visser"
        },
        {
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "roman": "wḥꜥ",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "word": "wHa:a-V1-in"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "word": "fiŝisto"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "word": "fiŝkaptisto"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "word": "kalur"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "word": "kalamees"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "word": "kalastaja"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "person"
          ],
          "word": "pêcheur"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "person"
          ],
          "word": "pêcheuse"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bateau de pêche"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "english": "ship",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bateau-pêcheur"
        },
        {
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pescjadôr"
        },
        {
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pesčhadôr"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pescador"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pescadora"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "metevze",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "word": "მეთევზე"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Fischer"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person who fishes",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "fiskare",
        "t": "fisher"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish fiskare (“fisher”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "args": {},
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      ],
      "word": "anglerette"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "fisheress"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fisherette"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fisherwoman"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piscatrix"
    },
    {
      "sense": "by means of fishing",
      "word": "noodler"
    },
    {
      "sense": "by means of fishing",
      "word": "surfcaster"
    },
    {
      "sense": "by means of fishing",
      "word": "trawler"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "adjective"
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      "tags": [
        "adverb"
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      "sense": "writing on fishermen",
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    }
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        {
          "ref": "2021 December 30, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 43, column 1",
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        }
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɪʃɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
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      "sense": "catcher of wild fish",
      "word": "angler"
    },
    {
      "sense": "catcher of wild fish",
      "word": "fisherman"
    },
    {
      "sense": "catcher of wild fish",
      "word": "fisherperson"
    },
    {
      "sense": "catcher of wild fish",
      "word": "piscary"
    },
    {
      "sense": "catcher of wild fish",
      "word": "piscator"
    },
    {
      "sense": "catcher of wild fish",
      "word": "piscatorialist"
    },
    {
      "sense": "catcher of wild fish",
      "word": "piscatorian"
    },
    {
      "sense": "catcher of wild fish",
      "word": "piscicapturist"
    },
    {
      "sense": "catcher of captive fish",
      "word": "fish farmer"
    },
    {
      "sense": "catcher of captive fish",
      "word": "pisciculturist"
    }
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "visser"
    },
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      "lang": "Arabic",
      "note": "صَيَّاد m which refers alike to a hunter",
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      "sense": "person who fishes"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "note": "poetically عَرَكِيّ m which is singulative of عَرَك and عُرُوك",
      "roman": "ʕarak",
      "sense": "person who fishes"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "jknors",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "ձկնորս"
    },
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      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "piscar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "balıqsı",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "балыҡсы"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ribar",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рибар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pescador"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "魚夫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yúfū",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "鱼夫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "漁民"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yúmín",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "渔民"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "piscadore"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "pescadore"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "piscatore"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "pescatore"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "balıqçı"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "person"
      ],
      "word": "rybář"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "visser"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "wḥꜥ",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "wHa:a-V1-in"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "fiŝisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "fiŝkaptisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "kalur"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "kalamees"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "kalastaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "person"
      ],
      "word": "pêcheur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "person"
      ],
      "word": "pêcheuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bateau de pêche"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "ship",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bateau-pêcheur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pescjadôr"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pesčhadôr"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pescador"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pescadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "metevze",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "მეთევზე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fischer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fischerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "psarás",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ψαράς"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "halieús",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ἁλιεύς"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "halász"
    },
    {
      "code": "ist",
      "lang": "Istriot",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "pascadur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pescatore"
    },
    {
      "alt": "りょうし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ryōshi",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "漁師"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぎょみん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gyomin",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "漁民"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "naksikkun",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "낚시꾼"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eobu",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "어부"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piscātor"
    },
    {
      "code": "lnd",
      "lang": "Lun Bawang",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "dengen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "mpanjono"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "pemancing"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "pescaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "pescador"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "ojiig"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ojiigag"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fisċere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fescha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rybak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pescador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pescar"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pestgader"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "pestgadur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rybák",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рыба́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rybolóv",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рыболо́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iasgair"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ribar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cjs",
      "lang": "Shor",
      "roman": "palıqçı",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "палықчы"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piscaturi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pescador"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fiskare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "word": "balıkçı"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "päskaran"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hipäskaran"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jipäskaran"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pexheu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pysgotwr"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fisher",
      "sense": "person who fishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פֿישער"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fisher"
}

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    "English terms derived from Dutch",
    "English terms derived from French",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
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    "en:Occupations",
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        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1969, Rutherford George Montgomery, The Living Wilderness, page 13",
          "text": "In many ways the fisher resembles the pine marten, possessing many of the marten's tricks and manners.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, Thomas E. Kucera, American Marten, Fisher, Lynx, and Wolverine: Survey Methods for Their Detection, page 62",
          "text": "In the southeastern United States, Krohn et al. (1994) hypothesize that the inverse relationship between captures of fishers and martens by commercial trappers may result from an interaction between competitive displacement of marten by fisher and the avoidance of areas with deep and frequent snowfalls by fishers but not martens.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Cynthia J. Zabel, Robert G. Anthony, Mammal Community Dynamics, page 207",
          "text": "The term \"forest carnivores\" denotes a smaller group of four species - the marten, fisher, lynx, and wolverine - and is only marginally descriptive, inasmuch as it excludes many carnivores that live in forests, and includes the wolverine, which can thrive in the complete absence of trees.",
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        [
          "fur",
          "fur"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The fur of Pekania pennanti."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɪʃə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɪʃɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "fissure"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "phisher"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪʃə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-fisher.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1e/En-us-fisher.ogg/En-us-fisher.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/En-us-fisher.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "pekan"
    },
    {
      "word": "fisher cat"
    },
    {
      "word": "black cat"
    },
    {
      "word": "fisher marten"
    },
    {
      "word": "big marten"
    },
    {
      "word": "black fox"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pekan",
      "sense": "marten",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пекан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "marten",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "marta pescadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "marten",
      "word": "漁貂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yúdiāo",
      "sense": "marten",
      "word": "渔貂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "marten",
      "word": "食魚貂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shíyúdiāo",
      "sense": "marten",
      "word": "食鱼貂"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "marten",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vismarter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "marten",
      "word": "pekani"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "marten",
      "word": "kanadannäätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "marten",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pékan"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "marten",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "marta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "marten",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fischermarder"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "marten",
      "word": "halásznyest"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "marten",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cat crainn Pennant"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "marten",
      "word": "martes pennanti"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "marten",
      "word": "ojiig"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "marten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ojiigag"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "marten",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kuna wodna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "marten",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jder-pescăresc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pekán",
      "sense": "marten",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пека́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "marten",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fiskmård"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "marten",
      "word": "balıkçı sansar"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "marten",
      "word": "chồn mactet Bắc Mỹ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fur",
      "word": "kanadannäätä"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Fisher (animal)"
  ],
  "word": "fisher"
}
{
  "called_from": "translations/609-20230504",
  "msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
  "path": [
    "fisher"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fisher",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": ʕurūk vs. ʕarakiyy",
  "path": [
    "fisher"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fisher",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": ʕarakiyy vs. ʕarak",
  "path": [
    "fisher"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fisher",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "translations/609-20230504",
  "msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
  "path": [
    "fisher"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fisher",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "linkages/371",
  "msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (Pekania pennanti): pekan, fisher cat, black cat, fisher marten, big marten, black fox desc=Pekania pennanti rest=pekan, fisher cat, black cat, fisher marten, big marten, black fox cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=False e2=False",
  "path": [
    "fisher"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fisher",
  "trace": ""
}

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