"fisherfolk" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɪʃəfəʊk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɪʃɚˌfoʊk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fisherfolk.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fisherfolks [plural]
Etymology: From fisher (“person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport”) + folk; compare fisherman. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*peysḱ-|*-yós|*pleh₁-}}, {{compound|en|fisher|folk|notext=1|t1=person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport|type=endocentric}} fisher (“person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport”) + folk, {{m|en|fisherman}} fisherman Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fisherfolk (countable and uncountable, plural fisherfolks)
  1. People who fish for a living. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (people who fish for a living): 漁民 (Chinese Mandarin), 渔民 (yúmín) (Chinese Mandarin), kalastajat [plural] (Finnish), kalastajakansa (Finnish), 漁民 (gyomin) (alt: ぎょみん) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-fisherfolk-en-noun-clNFTtI5 Disambiguation of 'people who fish for a living': 97 2 1
  2. (anthropology) Members of a culture that is dominated by fishing. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Anthropology Translations (members of a culture that is dominated by fishing): kalastajakansan jäsen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fisherfolk-en-noun-~PdJ0IRg Categories (other): English endocentric compounds Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 32 42 26 Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'members of a culture that is dominated by fishing': 3 94 2
  3. Recreational fishers. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Collectives
    Sense id: en-fisherfolk-en-noun-QTwWGzza Disambiguation of Collectives: 21 22 57 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 36 58 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 8 30 62 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 29 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fisher, fisheress, fisherman, fisherperson, fisherwoman

Inflected forms

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