fisher

Meanings

Plural: fishers

Noun

someone whose occupation is catching fish
large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal
A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.
A North American marten-like mammal (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti), that has thick brown fur.
Fur of specimens of species Pekania pennanti.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English fischer, fischare, from Old English fisċere (“fisher”), from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz (“fisher”), equivalent to fish + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fisker (“fisher”), West Frisian fisker (“fisher”), Dutch visser (“fisher”), German Low German Fisker, Fisser (“fisher”), German Fischer (“fisher”), Danish fisker (“fisher”), Swedish fiskare (“fisher”).

Synonyms

angler, big marten, black cat, black fox, fish farmer, fisher cat, fisher marten, fisherman, fisherperson, Martes pennanti, pekan, piscary, piscator, piscatorialist, piscatorian, piscicapturist, pisciculturist

Scrabble Score: 12

fisher is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
fisher is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fisher is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

fisher is a valid Words With Friends word