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fish⋅er

  [fish-er]
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–noun
1. any animal that catches fish for food.
2. a fisherman.
3. a dark-brown or blackish marten, Martes pennanti, of northern North America.
4. the fur of this animal.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME fisscher fisherman, OE fiscere. See fish, -er 1
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Fish⋅er

  [fish-er]
–noun
1. Andrew, 1862–1928, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1908–09, 1910–13, 1914–15.
2. Dorothy Can⋅field  [kan-feeld] , (Dorothea Frances Canfield Fisher), 1879–1958, U.S. novelist.
3. Irving, 1867–1947, U.S. political economist.
4. Saint John (“John of Rochester”), c1469–1535, English Roman Catholic prelate and humanist: executed for treason.
5. John Arbuthnot, 1st Baron Fisher of Kil⋅ver⋅stone  [kil-ver-stuhn] , 1841–1920, British admiral.
6. M(ary) F(rances) K(ennedy), 1908–92, U.S. culinary author.
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fish·er   (fĭsh'ər)   
n.  

  1. One that fishes, as a person or ship engaged in fishing.

    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.

Fish·er   (fĭsh'ər)   
American writer noted especially for her culinary works, including her standard translation of Brillat-Savarin's The Physiology of Taste (1949).
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Bible Dictionary

Fisher

Besides its literal sense (Luke 5:2), this word is also applied by our Lord to his disciples in a figurative sense (Matt. 4:19; Mark 1:17).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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