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Meaning of Fisherman | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈfɪʃ.ə.mən

Definitions

  1. A fisher, a person engaged in fishing:
  2. Any person who attempts to catch fish.
  3. A person whose profession is catching fish.
  4. A vessel (boat or ship) used for fishing.

Equivalents

العربية صياد صيّاد السمك صَيَّادَة
Azərbaycanca balıqçı
Български рибар рибарка
বাংলা জেলে ধীবর
Bosanski balugdžija jala ribar ribič ribolovac рибар риболовац
Català pescador pescadora
Čeština rybák rybář rybářka
Cymraeg pysgotwr
Dansk fisker
Deutsch Angler Anglerin Fischer Fischereiboot Fischerin
Ελληνικά αλιεύς ψαράς ψαρού
Esperanto fiŝkaptisto
Español pescador pescadora pishiñero
Eesti kalamees kalur
Euskara arrantzale
Suomi kalamies kalastaja
Français pêcheur pêcheuse
Gaeilge iascaire
Gàidhlig iasgair
Galego mariñeiro pescador
עברית דיג דייג
हिन्दी कहार धीवर मछुआ मछुआरा माहीगीर
Hrvatski balugdžija jala ribar ribič ribolovac рибар риболовац
Magyar halász
Հայերեն ձկնորս
Bahasa Indonesia nelayan
Íslenska fiskimaður sjómaður
Italiano fisherman pescatore pescatrice
日本語 みか 漁夫 漁師 漁民
ქართული მეთევზე
Қазақша балықшы
ខ្មែរ ព្រាន មច្ឆព័ន្ធ វាគុរិក អ្នកនេសាទ
ಕನ್ನಡ ಮೀನುಗಾರ
한국어 낚시꾼 어부 어사
Кыргызча балыкчы
Latina piscātor piscātrīx
Lietuvių žvejys
Latviešu zvejniece zvejnieks
Malagasy mpanjono
Te Reo Māori kaihao
Македонски рибар
മലയാളം മുക്കുവൻ
Монгол загасчин
Bahasa Melayu jala nelayan
Malti sajjied
မြန်မာဘာသာ တံငါ ပိုက်သမား ရေလုပ်သား ရေသူ
Nederlands visser vissersboot vissersschip
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਮਛੂਆ ਮਛੇਰਾ
Polski rybak rybiarz rybołów rybołówca
Português pescador pescadora
Română pescar pescăreasă
Русский рыбак рыба́чка рыболо́в
Slovenčina rybár rybárka
Slovenščina Ribič
Shqip peshkatar
Српски balugdžija jala ribar ribič ribolovac рибар риболовац
Svenska fiskare
Kiswahili mvuvi
தமிழ் மீனவர்
తెలుగు జాలరి
Тоҷикӣ моҳигир
ไทย นักตกปลา
Türkmençe balykçy
Tagalog mangingisda
Türkçe balıkçı
ئۇيغۇرچە بېلىقچى
Українська рибалка
اردو ماہی گیر
Tiếng Việt ngư dân ngư phủ thuyền chài

Examples

“The fisherman casts her line.”
“Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.”
“He is a fisherman, out on a trawler for days at a time.”
“I knovv God by Miracle can inſtruct Kings, as he rained Mannah, and raiſed the Apoſtles from letterless Fiſher-men, to learned Metropolitans, and profound Doctours.”
“Alienated from the clique society, / A lonely boy finds peace in fishing. / His mother says John this is not the way life's supposed to be. / Don't you see the life that you are missing? / And he says / When I grow up I want to be, / One of the harvesters of the sea. / I think before my days are done, / I want to be a fisherman.”
“They tortured and put to death English factors in the Spice Islands; they descended upon the fisheries of the North Sea in huge fleets escorted by men-of-war that attacked and sank the fishermen of other nations”
“Such boats should not have been fast, but the better fishermen — particularly John Alden's designs - […] won a big share of the offshore and coastwise races”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

fisherman buster fisherman, fisher fisherman's knot fisherman's loop fisherman's luck fisherman's pie

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