fisher

1. One that fishes, as a person or ship engaged in fishing.
2. 1. A carnivorous mammal (Martes pennanti) of northern North America, having thick, dark-brown fur. Also called pekan, wejack.
   2. The fur of this animal.

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Tutor's tip: The "fissure" (a deep cleft or crack) in the rocks along the river bank was the perfect spot for the reclusive "fisher." (a fisherman)

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Homonyms include Fischer and fissure

Fisher is a synonym for fisherman. Fisher or Fishers may also refer to:

Contents 1 People 2 Places 3 Other 4 See also

People

The Fisher-Sergey Golovkin (1959-1996) - Russian serial killer

See Fisher (surname)

Places

Australia

• Fisher, Australian Capital Territory
• Fisher Island (Queensland)
• Fisher Island (Tasmania)
• Fisher Island Reef, Tasmania
• Division of Fisher, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland
• Electoral district of Fisher, a state electoral district in South Australia

United Kingdom

• Fisher Bank, a sea area of the UK shipping forecast

United States

• Fisher, Arkansas
• Fisher, California
  • Fisher, Humboldt County, California
  • Fisher, Shasta County, California
• Fisher, Illinois
• Fisher, Louisiana
• Fisher, Minnesota
• Fisher, Pennsylvania
• Fisher Island, Florida
• Fishers, Indiana
• Fishers, New York
• Fishers Island, New York

Other

• Fisher (animal) (Martes pennanti), a North American mustelid
• Fisher (band), a rock band featuring Kathy Fisher as lead singer
• Fisher (yachts), famous British motorsailers
• Fisher (comic strip), a Canadian comic strip by Philip Street
• the Fisher meteorite of 1894, which landed in Minnesota, United States (see meteorite falls)
• Max M. Fisher College of Business (also known as 'Fisher College'), a unit of The Ohio State University
• Fisher Athletic F.C., defunct football club in England
• Fisher Electronics, a Sanyo subsidiary producing low-cost hi-fi equipment
• Fisher F.C., football club based in England
• Fisher (family), a fictional family on the British soap opera, Hollyoaks
• Fisher's exact test, a statistical significance test
• Fisher's method, also known as Fisher's combined probability test
• Sam Fisher, the main character in the Splinter Cell video game series

See also

• Fisherman
• Fishery

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fiskemår, fisker, fiskerbåd

Nederlands (Dutch)
(bont van) vismarter, visser

Français (French)
n. - pêcheur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fischer, (zo.) Zobel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ψαράς, (καθομ.) αλιευτικό σκάφος

Italiano (Italian)
pescatore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pescador (m) (sentido bíblico)

Русский (Russian)
рыбак

Español (Spanish)
n. - pescador, barco pesquero, cualquier animal que caza peces para comer

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fiskare (åld.), fiskfångande djur

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
渔夫, 渔船, 食鱼动物

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 漁夫, 漁船, 食魚動物

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 어부, 어선

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - フィッシャー, 捕魚性動物, フィッシャーテン, 漁師

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صياد السمك , حيوان الدلق : من فصيله إبن عرس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חיה או עוף הטורפים דגים, דייג‬

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