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  • noun Plural form of fisher.

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Examples

  • (Hold the hate mail, spin fishers, I love fishing with conventional gear as much as anyone ... but I do think this is witty.)

    Updating Your Fishy Wardrobe 2010

  • (Hold the hate mail, spin fishers, I love fishing with conventional gear as much as anyone ... but I do think this is witty.)

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2010

  • (Hold the hate mail, spin fishers, I love fishing with conventional gear as much as anyone ... but I do think this is witty.)

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2010

  • Let it be observed, moreover, that when the apostles in respect of their work are called fishers of men, not one feature in the process of fishing is specified in detail.

    The Parables of Our Lord William Arnot

  • Now I have a mind to ask the hermits to call the fishers and let me cross and help, if so be there is fighting on hand.

    A Sea Queen's Sailing 1884

  • I minded that Phelim had said that they would call the fishers from the mainland to come over for us when they might venture, and I supposed that this was their signal.

    A Sea Queen's Sailing 1884

  • The fishers are the forlorn hope in the great Army of Labour; they risk life and limb every day -- every moment -- in our behoof; surely the luckier children of civilization may remember their hardly entreated brethren?

    A Dream of the North Sea James Runciman 1871

  • 11.16 Role of Supply Chain Actor Although export promotion expenditure may be justified by trickle-down effects, the investment on downstream actors, namely the fishers, has to be increased.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows subirghosh 2009

  • Paradoxically, while "fishers" such as John Hagee decry overt acts of hatred and violence directed at Jews, they also promote various anti-Jewish myths, slurs, and conspiracy theories that foster anti-Semitism.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2009

  • Paradoxically, while "fishers" such as John Hagee decry overt acts of hatred and violence directed at Jews, they also promote various anti-Jewish myths, slurs, and conspiracy theories that foster anti-Semitism.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2009

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