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==English==

===Etymology===
From {{suffix|en|fisher|man}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈfɪʃɚmən/|a=GA}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈfɪʃəmən/|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fisherman.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{hyph|en|fish|er|man}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|fishermen}}

# A [[fisher]], a [[person]] [[engage]]d in [[fishing]]:
## Any [[person]] who [[attempt]]s to [[catch]] [[fish]].
##: {{ux|en|The '''fisherman''' cast his line.}}
##* {{quote-book|en|year=1922|author=w:Michael Arlen|title=[http://openlibrary.org/works/OL1519647W “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days]|chapter=3/19/2
|passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good '''fisherman''', but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.}}
## A [[person]] [[whose]] [[profession]] is [[catch]]ing [[fish]].
##: {{ux|en|He is a '''fisherman''', out on a trawler for days at a time.}}
##* {{RQ:Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus|chapter=I|page=38|passage=I knovv God by Miracle can inſtruct Kings, as he rained ''Mannah'', and raiſed the Apoſtles from letterless '''Fiſher-men''', to learned Metropolitans, and profound Doctours.}}
# A [[vessel]] ([[boat]] or [[ship]]) [[use]]d for [[fishing]].
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Cromwell's Captains|page=196|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Om_SAAAAMAAJ|author=Cecil Ernest Lucas Phillips|year=1938|passage=They tortured and put to death English factors in the Spice Islands; they descended upon the fisheries of the North Sea in huge fleets escorted by men-of-war that attacked and sank the '''fishermen''' of other nations}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Desirable and Undesirable Characteristics of Offshore Yachts|page=26|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0393033112|author=John Rousmaniere, Cruising Club of America. Technical Committee|year=1987|passage=Such boats should not have been fast, but the better '''fishermen''' — particularly John Alden's designs - {{...}} won a big share of the offshore and coastwise races}}

====Synonyms====
* ''See'' '''[[fisher#Synonyms|fisher]]'''

====Derived terms====
* {{vern|fisherman bat}} ({{taxlink|Noctilio leporinus|species}})
* [[fisherman buster]]
* [[fishermanship]]
* [[phisherman]]
* {{l|en|ring of the fisherman}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|fisherwoman}} {{q|fisher (female), fisherman ([[generic]] sense) (female)}}
* ''See'' '''[[fisher#Related terms|fisher]]'''

====Translations====
{{trans-top|person catching fish}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|peshkatar|m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|صَيَّاد|m}}, {{t|ar|صَيَّادَة|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձկնորս}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|piscar}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|মাছমৰীয়া}}, {{t|as|মাছুৱৈ}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|pescador|m}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|balıqçı}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|балыҡсы}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|arrantzale}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|рыба́к|m}}, {{t|be|рыбало́ў|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|জেলে}}, {{t+|bn|ধীবর}}
* Bikol Central: {{t+|bcl|parasira}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|риба́р|m}}, {{t|bg|риба́рка|f}}, {{t|bg|риболо́вец|m}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|တံငါ}}, {{t+|my|ရေလုပ်သား}}, {{t+|my|ပိုက်သမား}} {{q|using nets}} , {{t+|my|ရေသူ}} {{qualifier|archaic}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|pescador|m}}, {{t+|ca|pescadora|f}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|mangingisda}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|чӏерийлецархо}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|漁夫}}, {{t|yue|漁民}}, {{t|yue|漁人}}, {{t|yue|打魚佬}}
*: Dungan: {{t|dng|дайүди}}, {{t|dng|дёйүжын}}
*: Hokkien: {{t|nan-hbl|討海仔|tr=thó-hái-á}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|漁夫|tr=yúfū}}, {{t+|cmn|漁民|tr=yúmín}}, {{t+|cmn|漁人|tr=yúrén}}
*: Wu: {{t|wuu|捉魚個}}
* Chuvash: {{t|cv|пулӑҫӑ}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|pyskador|m}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|balıqçı}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|rybář|m}}, {{t+|cs|rybářka|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|fisker|c}}, {{t|da|fiskerinde|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|visser|m}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|wḥꜥ|h=wHa:a-V1-in}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|fiŝkaptisto}}, {{t|eo|fiŝkaptistino}} {{q|female}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|kalamees}}, {{t|et|kalur}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|fiskimaður|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kalastaja}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pêcheur|m}}, {{t+|fr|pêcheuse|f}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|pescjadôr|m}}, {{t|fur|pesčhadôr|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|pescador|m}}, {{t+|gl|mariñeiro|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მეთევზე}}, {{t|ka|მებადური}}
* German: {{t+|de|Fischer|m}}, {{t+|de|Fischerin|f}}, {{t+|de|Angler|m}}, {{t+|de|Anglerin|f}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐍆𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌾𐌰|m}}, {{t|got|𐌽𐌿𐍄𐌰|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ψαράς|m}}, {{t+|el|ψαρού|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἁλιεύς|m}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|aalisartoq}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|માછીમાર}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|דיג|m|tr=dayág|alt=דייג / דַּיָּג}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|माहीगीर|m}}, {{t+|hi|मछुआ|m}}, {{t+|hi|धीवर|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|halász}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|sjómaður|m}}, {{t|is|fiskimaður|m}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|nelayan}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|kalastaja}}, {{t|izh|rьbakka}}, {{t|izh|kalamees}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|iascaire|m}}
* Istriot: {{t|ist|pascadur|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|pescatore|m}}, {{t+|it|pescatrice|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|漁師|tr=りょうし, ryōshi}}, {{t+|ja|漁夫|tr=ぎょふ, gyofu}}
* Javanese: {{t|jv|wong belahan}}
* Kabuverdianu: {{t|kea|piskador}}
* Kannada: {{t+|kn|ಮೀನುಗಾರ}}
* Kashubian: {{t|csb|rëbôk|m}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|балықшы}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|អ្នកនេសាទ}}, {{t+|km|មច្ឆព័ន្ធ}}, {{t+|km|វាគុរិក}}, {{t+|km|ព្រាន}} {{qualifier|hunter or fisherman}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|낚시꾼}}, {{t+|ko|어부(漁夫)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|ماسیگر}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|masîgir|m|f}}, {{t+|kmr|masîvan}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|балыкчы}}
* Ladino: {{t|lad|peshkador|m}}, {{t|lad|peshkadora|f}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ຊາວປະມົງ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|piscātor|m}}, {{t|la|piscātrīx|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|zvejnieks|m}}, {{t|lv|zvejniece|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|žvejys|m}}, {{t|lt|žvejė|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|рибар|m}}
* Malagasy: {{t+|mg|mpanjono}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|nelayan}}, {{t|ms|jala}}
* Malayalam: {{t|ml|മീൻപിടുത്തക്കാരൻ|m}}, {{t+|ml|മുക്കുവൻ|m}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|sajjied|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kaihao}} {{q|using a net}}, {{t|mi|kaihī}} {{q|using a hook and line}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|मच्छीमार|m|f}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|загасчин}}
* Norwegian:
*: Norwegian Bokmål: {{t+|nb|fisker|m}}
*: Norwegian Nynorsk: {{t+|nn|fiskar|m}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|pescaire}}, {{t+|oc|pescador}}, {{t+|oc|pescadoira|f}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|fisċere|m}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|بالقجی|tr=balıkcı}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|ماهي ګير|m|tr=māhi gir}}, {{t|ps|مچي مار|m|tr=moči mār}}
* Persian:
*: Iranian Persian: {{t+|fa-ira|ماهی‌گیر}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Fescha|m}}, {{t|pdt|Fescher|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|rybak|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pescador|m}}, {{t+|pt|pescadora|f}}
* Punjabi:
*: Gurmukhi: {{t|pa|ਮਛੇਰਾ}}, {{t|pa|ਮਛੂਆ}}
*: Shahmukhi: {{t|pa|مَچھیرا}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|pescar|m}}, {{t+|ro|pescăreasă|f}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|pestgader}}, {{t|rm|pestgadur}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|рыба́к|m}}, {{t+|ru|рыба́чка|f}}, {{t+|ru|рыболо́в|m}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|धीवर|m}}, {{t+|sa|जालिक|m}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|piscadore}}, {{t|sc|piscadori}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|iasgair|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ри̏ба̄р|m}}, {{t|sh|рѝбӣч|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|rȉbār|m}}, {{t+|sh|rìbīč|m}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|piscaturi|m}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|rybár|m}}, {{t|sk|rybárka|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|ribič|m}}, {{t|sl|ribička|f}}
* Somali: {{t-needed|so}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|rybaŕ|m}}, {{t|dsb|rybakaŕ|m}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{t|hsb|rybak|m}}, {{t|hsb|rybar|m}}
* Southern Ohlone: {{t|css|huynismak}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|pescador|m}}, {{t+|es|pescadora|f}}
* Sranan Tongo: {{t|srn|fisiman}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|mvuvi}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|fiskare|c}}, {{t|sv|fiskarinna|c}}, {{t|sv|fiskerska|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|mangingisda}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|моҳигир}}, {{t|tg|моҳидор}}
* Tamil: {{t|ta|மீனவர்}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|балыкчы}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|జాలరి}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ชาวประมง}}, {{t|th|นักตกปลา}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|balıkçı}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|balykçy}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|риба́лка|m}}, {{t|uk|риба́к|m}}, {{t|uk|риба́чка|f}}, {{t|uk|риболо́в|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|ماہی گِیر|m}}, {{t|ur|مَچھیرا|m}}
* Uyghur: {{t+|ug|بېلىقچى}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|baliqchi}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|ngư dân}}, {{t|vi|dân chài}}, {{t+|vi|ngư phủ}}
* Volapük: {{q|♂♀}} {{t+|vo|päskaran}}, {{q|♂}} {{t|vo|hipäskaran}}, {{q|♀}} {{t|vo|jipäskaran}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|pysgotwr|m}}
* Yakut: {{t|sah|балыксыт}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|פֿישער|m}}, {{t|yi|פֿישערין|f}}, {{t|yi|פֿישערקע|f}}
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{{trans-top|vessel (boat or ship) used for fishing}}
* Bikol Central: {{t+|bcl|parasira}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vissersboot|m|f}}, {{t+|nl|vissersschip|n}}
* German: {{t+|de|Fischereiboot|n}}
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{{C|en|Occupations|People|Male people}}