fisher

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The salmon happily took it into his head to cease its antics for half a minute, just when the fisher was at his worst.

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

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  • "Working on projects like the fisher is consistent with our commitments to stewardship of all forest resources," said Mark Benson, a spokesman for Potlatch. —  The News Tribune - Tacoma - Homepage
  • AnnaLynne will be the 'fisher' - an 'exceptional, unforgettable' beauty who uses her overwhelming class and charms to bait humans and hand deliver them to the rest of the Volturi vampires. —  Socialite Life
  • Secondly, being a fisher is not regarded as a decent career for the educated people so most of the young people left there to find jobs in the city. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • For one moment the thought occurred that he was too old to become a salmon-fisher, and that he would not be able to fight the battle out. —  Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication
  • The salmon happily took it into his head to cease its antics for half a minute, just when the fisher was at his worst. —  Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication
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  1. from Middle English fishere, fischere, fissher, etc., from Anglo-Saxon fiscere = Old Saxon fiskari = OFries. fisker = Dutch visscher = Middle Low German vischer = Old High German fiscāri, Middle High German vischer, German fischer = Icelandic fiskari = Swedish fiskare = Danish fisker, a fisher (from the verb); =L.piscarius, adjective, of fish, n. a fishmonger (piscator, a fisher), from piscis, a fish.
 

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