Fisherman

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

66 more languages

العربيةصيادصيّاد السمكصَيَّادَة

Azərbaycan dilibalıqçı

Българскирибаррибарка

বাংলাজেলেধীবর

Bosanskibalugdžijajalaribarribičribolovacрибарриболовац+ 4 more

Catalàpescadorpescadora

Češtinarybákrybářrybářka

Cymraegpysgotwr

Danskfisker

Ελληνικάαλιεύςψαράςψαρού

Esperantofiŝkaptisto

Eestikalameeskalur

Euskaraarrantzale

Suomikalamieskalastaja

Gaeilgeiascaire

Gàidhligiasgair

Galegoluramariñeiropescadorpesco+ 1 more

עבריתדיגדייג

हिन्दीकहारधीवरमछुआमछुआरामाहीगीर+ 2 more

Hrvatskibalugdžijajalaribarribičribolovacрибарриболовац+ 4 more

Magyarhalász

Հայերենձկնորս

Bahasa Indonesianelayan

Íslenskafiskimaðursjómaður

Italianofishermanpescatorepescatrice

日本語みか漁夫漁師漁民+ 1 more

ქართულიმეთევზე

Қазақ тілібалықшы

ភាសាខ្មែរព្រានមច្ឆព័ន្ធវាគុរិកអ្នកនេសាទ+ 1 more

ಕನ್ನಡಮೀನುಗಾರ

한국어낚시꾼어부어사

Кыргызчабалыкчы

Latinapiscātorpiscatorpiscātrīx

Lietuviųžvejys

Latviešuzvejniecezvejnieks

Malagasympanjono

Te Reo Māorikaihao

Македонскирибар

മലയാളംമുക്കുവൻ

Монголзагасчин

Bahasa Melayujalanelayan

Maltisajjied

မြန်မာတံငါပိုက်သမားရေလုပ်သားရေသူ+ 1 more

Nederlandsvisservissersbootvissersschip

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਮਛੂਆਮਛੇਰਾ

Polskirybakrybiarzrybołówrybołówca+ 1 more

Portuguêspescadorpescadora

Românăpescarpescăreasă

Русскийрыбакрыба́чкарыболо́в

Slovenčinarybárrybárka

SlovenščinaRibič

Shqippeshkatar

Српскиbalugdžijajalaribarribičribolovacрибарриболовац+ 4 more

Svenskafiskare

Kiswahilimvuvi

தமிழ்மீனவர்

తెలుగుజాలరి

Тоҷикӣмоҳигир

ไทยนักตกปลา

Türkmençebalykçy

Tagalogmangingisda

Türkçebalıkçı

ئۇيغۇرچەبېلىقچى

Українськарибалка

اردوماہی گیر

Tiếng Việtngư dânngư phủthuyền 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