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单词 fisherman
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fishermann.

Brit. /ˈfɪʃəmən/, U.S. /ˈfɪʃərmən/
Etymology: < fisher n.1 + man n.1
1. One whose occupation is to catch fish.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun]
fisherc893
fisherman1526
fish-catcher1530
fish-man1540
fisher-swain1627
piscary1656
fish-carle1804
fisher-carl1870
piscicapturist1881
stationer1905
society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > one who wants or acquires money
fisherman1526
money-getter1809
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke v. f. lxxxv The fisshermen..were wasshynge their nettes.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xx. 17 The fishermen that walke vpon the beach Appeare like mise.
a1780 J. Harris Philol. Inq. (1781) ii. vii. 146 Massinello, who, in a few days, from a poor fisherman rose to sovereign authority.
1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity II. iv. v. 107 St. Gall was a skilful fisherman, and supplied the brethren with fresh fish from the lake.
in extended use.1878 Fraser's Mag. 18 628 The natives are splendid fishermen of money.
2. An animal that catches fish. (Cf. also fisherman-diver n. at Compounds 2.)
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the world > animals > by eating habits > [noun] > carnivore > that catches fish for food
fisher1562
fisherman1634
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. ii. 68 Of the Fish called, the Fisherman. This Fish is called the Fisherman, because he hunts and takes other Fishes.
1963 B. 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.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun]
fisher-boatc1440
fish-craft1480
fisherman1604
fisher-ship1614
fish-ship1676
fishing-boat1732
fishing-ship1785
fish-boat1792
catcher1829
fishera1862
fishing-craft1875
1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 185 There entred six Fisher-men into the Towne whereof one was sunke.
1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 356 The 15th we met with an English Fisherman that was coming from Ysland; he was loaden with Salt-fish.
1927 G. Bradford Gloss. Sea Terms 64/2 Fisherman, a fishing vessel, particularly applied to a schooner.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
fisherman apostle n.
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1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 28 His four Fishermen Apostles . View more context for this quotation
fisherman pilot n.
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1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Sept. 8/2 The suggestion that a fisherman pilot should be placed on board each of the four cruisers.
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fisherman-diver n. the merganser.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Mergus (merganser)
merganser1668
sawbill1763
fisherman-diver1885
1885 G. Allen Babylon vi We call him a fisherman-diver.
fisherman's bend n. a kind of knot.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > knot > other knots
water knot1496
draw knot1635
slip-knot1679
tie-knot1800
timber-hitch1815
thorough-put1829
fisherman's bendc1860
Celtic knot1865
lark's head1866
waterman's knot1866
packing knot1871
fisherman's knot1876
prusik knot1937
c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 2 A fisherman's bend.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Fisherman's Bend, a knot, for simplicity called the king of all knots.
fisherman's daughter n. rhyming slang for water.
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the world > matter > liquid > water > [noun]
watereOE
aquaa1398
breec1540
Mother Bunch1600
lympha1630
pani1816
fisherman's daughter1880
1880 D. W. Barrett Life & Work among Navvies ii. ii. 41 If he wants water, he makes a demand for ‘the fisherman's daughter’.
fisherman's knit n. a type of thick ribbed knitting.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > knitted > knitted in specific way
plain1655
stockinet1824
handknit1840
stocking cloth1880
lock knit1926
jersey1938
fisherman's knit1960
Aran1962
flat-knit1963
string1964
1960 News Chron. 19 July 6/4 Classic shaped sweaters in heavy fisherman's knit silk.
1961 S. Price Just for Record v. 35 I'd..slide into my jeans and fisherman's knit sweater.
fisherman's knot n. (see quots.).
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > knot > other knots
water knot1496
draw knot1635
slip-knot1679
tie-knot1800
timber-hitch1815
thorough-put1829
fisherman's bendc1860
Celtic knot1865
lark's head1866
waterman's knot1866
packing knot1871
fisherman's knot1876
prusik knot1937
1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 139/2 Fisherman's knot, a knot used in pontooning to fasten the cables to the rings of the anchors.
1961 F. 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.
fisherman's nightingale n. a name for the sedge-warbler.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Sylviidae (warbler) > [noun] > genus Acrocephalus > species schoenobaenus (sedge warbler)
reed-sparrow1676
chat1704
sedge-bird1738
willow-lark1769
sedge-warbler1776
reed-bird1782
sedge-wren1802
night singer1816
sedge reedling1837
mockingbird1883
fisherman's nightingale1884
sally picker1885
1884 Public Opinion 5 Sept. 299/1 My old angler friends call this bird [the sedge warbler] the fisherman's nightingale.
fisherman's ring n. (see quots.).
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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > sartorial appurtenances > [noun] > ring
regal of Francec1440
pontificala1500
fisher's ring1689
fisherman's ring1728
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at 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 Nets full of Fishes.
1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 198 The ‘Fisherman's Ring’ is the Pope's ring of investiture.
fisherman's walk n. (see quot.).
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the world > space > [noun] > insufficiency of space > a confined or restricted space
narrowc1230
strait1352
throata1522
strait1545
straitness1625
constriction1826
bottleneck1850
fisherman's walk1867
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher 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.

Draft additions 1993

In Oil Drilling, one skilled in recovering fish (fish n.4 Additions c) from bore-holes. Originally U.S.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in oil industry > [noun] > types of
scout1883
roustabout1886
pipeliner1887
tongsman1891
tool-dresser1896
fisherman1903
roughneck1913
stabber1922
toolie1932
tool-pusher1932
doodlebug1933
rigger1974
1903 Dial. Notes 2 340 Fisherman,..an expert who gives his time to recovering ‘stuck tools’.
1956 Petroleum Engineer Apr. b54/2 Many fishing jobs have..failed because the fisherman was..probing above or below the top of the fish.
1984 B. Davenport Handbk. Drilling Pract. xvii. 157 If you have to back off, you will need a fisherman to come out and get the fish.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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