Fisher

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  • noun. One that fishes, as a person or ship engaged in fishing.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A carnivorous mammal (Martes pennanti) of northern North America, having thick, dark-brown fur.
  • noun. The fur of this animal.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One whose occupation or sport is the catching of fish; a fisherman.
  • noun. The pekan, wejack, black-cat, or Pennant's marten, Mustela pennanti of Erxleben (1777), M. canadensis of Schreber (1778), the largest North American carnivorous quadruped of the family Mustelidæ and subfamily Mustelinæ with the exception of the wolverene: so called from its habit of catching fish.
  • noun. plural In ornithology, specifically, the Piscatores, Totipalmati, or Steganopodes. E. Blyth.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who fishes.
  • noun. A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela Canadensis); the pekan; the “black cat.”
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person or ship that is engaged in fishing.
  • noun. A North American marten that has thick brown fur, Martes pennanti.
  • noun. The fur of this animal.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. someone whose occupation is catching fish
  • noun. large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal
  • Word Usage
    ""Why, because a fisher is a kind of a Spartan animal, while he is about his business.""