Fisherman synonyms

fĭsh'ər-mən

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angler
A person who fishes with a hook and line.
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fisher
A village in Louisiana
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troller
One who fishes by trolling.
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Waltonian
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trawler
A fisherman who uses a trawl net.
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fly fisherman
One who fishes by fly-casting
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piscator
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whaler
One who hunts whales; a person employed in the whaling industry.
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seaman
A mariner or sailor, one who mans a ship. Opposed to landman or landsman.
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seiner
A fishing vessel used for seining
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sailor
A straw hat with a low, flat crown and flat brim
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caster
A small bottle or other container for serving vinegar, mustard, salt, etc. at the table
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drift netter
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spearer
One who uses a spear.
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boatman (related)
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fisherwoman (related)
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netters (related)
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wildfowler (related)
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fishing (related)
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trawlermen (related)
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netsmen (related)
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ghillie (related)
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poacher (related)
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harpooner
A person who uses a harpoon, especially to hunt whales
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Find another word for fisherman. In this page you can discover 24 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for fisherman, like: angler, fisher, troller, Waltonian, trawler, fly fisherman, piscator, whaler, seaman, seiner and sailor.
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Fisherman Sentence Examples

  • The instrument generally employed is a bag-shaped net attached to a semicircular hoop, provided with a long handle and pushed over the surface of the sand by a fisherman wading in the water at ebb-tide.

  • He speaks Finnish with Finns, Mongolian with Buriats, Ostiak with Ostiaks; he shows remarkable facility in adapting his agricultural practices to new conditions, without, however, abandoning the village community; he becomes hunter, cattle-breeder or fisherman, and carries on these occupations according to local usage; he modifies his dress and adapts his religious beliefs to the locality he inhabits.

  • Originally a fisherman and diver of Anthedon in Boeotia, having eaten of a certain magical herb sown by Cronus, he leapt into the sea, where he was changed into a god, and endowed with the gift of unerring prophecy.

  • You usually lie like a bragging fisherman, so I stopped asking.

  • In 1555 Rawlins White, a fisherman, was burnt at Cardiff for his Protestantism, and in 1679 two Catholic priests were executed for recusancy.

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