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fisherman|ˈfɪʃəmən|
[f. fisher1 + man.]
1. One whose occupation is to catch fish.
1526Tindale Luke v. 2 The fisshermen..were wasshynge their nettes. 1605Shakes. Lear iv. vi. 17 The Fishermen that walk'd vpon the beach Appeare like Mice. 1780Harris Philol. Enq. Wks. (1841) 429 Massinello who in a few days, from a poor fisherman rose to sovereign authority. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. (1864) II. iv. v. 293 St. Gall was a skilful fisherman and supplied the brethren with fresh fish from the lake.
transf.1878Fraser's Mag. XVIII. 628 The natives are splendid fishermen of money.
2. An animal that catches fish. (Cf. also fisherman-diver in 4.)
1634T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. (1649) 51 Of the Fish called the Fisherman. This fish is called the Fisherman, because he hunts and takes other Fishes. 1963B. Vesey-Fitzgerald Cat Owner's Encycl. 63 Some [cats] are expert fishermen.
3. A fishing-boat; a vessel employed in the business of taking fish.
1604E. Grimstone Hist. Siege Ostend 185 There entred six Fisher-men into the Towne whereof one was sunke. 1700S. L. tr. Fryke's Voy. E. Ind. 356 The 15th we met with an English Fisherman that was coming from Ysland; he was loaden with Salt-fish. 1927G. Bradford Gloss. Sea Terms 64/2 Fisherman, a fishing vessel, particularly applied to a schooner.
4. attrib. and Comb., as fisherman apostle, fisherman pilot; also, fisherman-diver, the merganser; fisherman's bend, a kind of knot; fisherman's daughter, rhyming slang for water; fisherman's knit, a type of thick ribbed knitting; fisherman's knot (see quots.); fisherman's nightingale, a name for the sedge-warbler; fisherman's ring (see quots.); fisherman's walk (see quot.).
1653Walton Angler i. 28 His four *Fishermen Apostles.
1885G. Allen Babylon vi, We call him a *fisherman-diver.
1886Pall Mall G. 8 Sept. 8/2 The suggestion that a *fisherman pilot should be placed on board each of the four cruisers.
c1860H. Stuart Seaman's Catech. 2 A *fisherman's bend. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Fisherman's Bend, a knot, for simplicity called the king of all knots.
1880D. W. Barrett Life & Work among Navvies ii. ii. 41 If he wants water, he makes a demand for ‘the *fisherman's daughter’.
1960News Chron. 19 July 6/4 Classic shaped sweaters in heavy *fisherman's knit silk. 1961S. Price Just for Record v. 35 I'd..slide into my jeans and fisherman's knit sweater.
1876G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. 139/2 *Fisherman's knot, a knot used in pontooning to fasten the cables to the rings of the anchors. 1961F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 88 Fisherman's knot, used to bend two small lines together. It is made by forming an overhand knot in the end of each line, in such a way that each contains the other line; both knots are then pulled close to each other, forming one knot.
1884Public Opinion 5 Sept. 299/1 My old angler friends call this bird [the sedge warbler] the *fisherman's nightingale.
1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Seal, The pope has two kinds of seals: the first used in apostolical briefs, and private letters, &c. called the *fisherman's ring.—This is a very large ring, wherein is represented St. Peter, drawing his net full of fishes. 1877W. Jones Finger-ring 198 The ‘Fisherman's Ring’ is the Pope's ring of investiture.
1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., *Fisherman's Walk, an extremely confined space, ‘three steps and overboard’, is often said of what river yachtsmen term their quarter-decks.
Add:[1.] b. In Oil Drilling, one skilled in recovering fish (*fish n.4 2 c) from bore-holes. orig. U.S.
1903Dialect Notes II. 340 Fisherman,..an expert who gives his time to recovering ‘stuck tools’. 1956Petroleum Engineer Apr. b54/2 Many fishing jobs have..failed because the fisherman was..probing above or below the top of the fish. 1984B. Davenport Handbk. Drilling Pract. xvii. 157 If you have to back off, you will need a fisherman to come out and get the fish. |