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Fisher

[fish-er]

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noun

any animal that catches fish for food.

a fisherman.

a dark-brown or blackish marten, Martes pennanti, of northern North America.

the fur of this animal.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English fisscher fisherman, Old English fiscere. See fish, -er¹

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

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noun

Andrew, 1862–1928, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1908–09, 1910–13, 1914–15.

Dorothy Can·field

[kan-feeld] , (Dorothea Frances Canfield Fisher), 1879–1958, U.S. novelist.

Irving, 1867–1947, U.S. political economist.

Saint John (“John of Rochester”), c1469–1535, English Roman Catholic prelate and humanist: executed for treason.

John Arbuthnot, 1st Baron Fisher of Kil·ver·stone

[kil-ver-stuhn] , 1841–1920, British admiral.

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M(ary) F(rances) K(ennedy), 1908–92, U.S. culinary author.

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fisher (ˈfɪʃə)

—n
1.	a person who fishes; fisherman
2.	Also called: pekan
	a. a large North American marten, Martes pennanti, having thick dark brown fur
	b. the fur of this animal
3.	fisher of men an evangelist

Fisher (ˈfɪʃə)

—n
1.	Andrew. 1862--1928, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister of Australia (1908--09; 1910--13; 1914--15)
2.	Saint John. ?1469--1535, English prelate and scholar: executed for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as supreme head of the church. Feast day: June 22
3.	John Arbuthnot 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone. 1841--1920, British admiral; First Sea Lord (1904--10; 1914--15); introduced the dreadnought

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fisher

O.E. fiscere, agent noun from fish (v.). Began to be used of certain animals, hence perhaps the rise of the formation fisherman (1520s).

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