Used in a Sentence

fisherman

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fisherman.

Editorial note

By harassing I mean arresting fisherman, cutting seismic cables from oil exploration companies and getting aggressive with any other ships.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A fisher, a person engaged in fishing:

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fisherman gathered in one view.

noun

A fisher, a person engaged in fishing:

noun

A person whose profession is catching fish.

noun

Any person who attempts to catch fish.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fisherman.

noun

A fisher, a person engaged in fishing:

noun

A person whose profession is catching fish.

noun

Any person who attempts to catch fish.

noun

A vessel (boat or ship) used for fishing.

Example sentences

1

By harassing I mean arresting fisherman, cutting seismic cables from oil exploration companies and getting aggressive with any other ships.

2

An American tourist was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked.

3

This particular fisherman cheated the rest of the market by ignoring those rules.

4

While this article provides some metaphorical fish - I found the Design of everyday things helps you become a fisherman.

5

But their factories, farmers, and fisherman will be ideally placed to produce for and export to the rest of Europe, because they'll be selling cheap.

6

It's interesting how toro used to be the piece of the tuna that was either thrown away or the fisherman kept it because no one else wanted it.

7

In noting their progress, the Chinese developers stated that they had to move the fisherman to a part of the city that was not so clean, shiny, and modern.

8

He's saying that in real life the fisherman's job is a bit worse than presented, and the American's a bit better, due to things like healthcare, and financial planning for emergencies and retirement.

9

The thing is, money provides more power for the fisherman, which he would need if his environment changed: -rebuilding after an earthquake -fleeing if the local government goes bad -dealing with a crash in tuna price We all still live in a competitive environment.

10

The part implies that you're more likely to be classified as an independent contractor if you're, say, a designer hired by a fishing company than if you're a fisherman hired by the same company.

11

If you have no population to speak of, and practically everyone is a subsistence farmer/fisherman, and you have a population density of about one person per square mile, then yes, you don't much coordination/government.

12

And the correct response to that is yes, its a parable, the answer isn't to become a fisherman or necessarily start your business, but to find a good middleground for yourself that keeps the point of the parable in mind.

Quote examples

1

It might be worthy of "the table" but as an occasional recreational fisherman, it's known simply as an invasive species and only for eating by the poorest among society.

2

I believe that your argument with "fisherman" is similar.

3

Given a big pond, a small random sample of pond water will always have a smaller "biggest fish" than a larger random sample from the same pond, and if the sample size expands to the size of the whole pond, that fisherman will get the biggest possible fish.

4

You could leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then Los Angeles and eventually New York where you could run your ever-expanding enterprise." The Mexican fisherman asked, "But, how long will this all take?" The tourist replied, "15 to 20 years." "But what then?" asked the Mexican.

Proper noun examples

1

It's in Fort Mason, on the north edge of San Francisco between Fisherman's Wharf and the Golden Gate Bridge.

2

However, the Fisherman's Wharf area and Nob Hill aside aside I'm not sure there's a huge amount of hotel capacity in San Francisco outside of a 10-15 minute walk to the convention center anyway.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fisherman in a sentence?

By harassing I mean arresting fisherman, cutting seismic cables from oil exploration companies and getting aggressive with any other ships.

What does fisherman mean?

A fisher, a person engaged in fishing:

What part of speech is fisherman?

fisherman is commonly used as noun.