Read full poem →A soldier now, he with his sword appears;
A fisher next, his trembling angle bears:
Each shape he varies, and each art he tries,
Dictionary Entry
A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. fisherunwin fisheret fisherames fisherfisher johnfisher fortfisher irving
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Poetry examples for “fisher”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Fluttered Wings
A Fisher-Wife
What's in a Name?
Read full poem →Smiles to the Sun's smile in his westering course;
The fisher's drooping skiff
In yonder sheltering bay;
Read full poem →O-shau-gus-coday-way-qua (The Woman of the Green Prairie), who was a
daughter of Waub-o-jeeg (The White Fisher), who was Chief of the
Ojibway tribe at La Pointe, Wisconsin.
Read full poem →Eddies run before the boats,
Gurgling where the fisher floats,
Who takes advantage of the gale
Read full poem →There the king-fisher saw his plumage bright
Vieing with fish of brilliant dye below;
Read full poem →Sounded o’er earth and sea its blast of war,
The Balearic fisher, driven from shore,
Read full poem →Lisbon quakes, the people cry.
Yon pale, scrawny fisher fools,
Gaunt as bitterns in the pools,