Meaning of fisherfolk | Babel Free

Definitions

1. People who fish for a living.
   countable, uncountable
2. Members of a culture that is dominated by fishing.
   countable, uncountable
3. Recreational fishers.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Sir Walter Scott used Auchmithie as the model⟳ for his 'Musselcrag' in The Antiquary. The artist William Lamond spent 40 summers in the village, and painted scenes of Auchmithie and its fisherfolk.”

“Every year Grey Nomad migration sees the little Gulf town of Karumba stretched creaseless with sunbirds and fisherfolk.”

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