fisherfolk
fish·er·folk/ˈfɪʃɚˌfoʊk/noun
fisherfolk is a noun meaning “People who fish for a living” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-S-H-E-R-F-O-L-K and has 3 syllables (fish·er·folk), and it appears about once in every 25 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fisherfolk is fisherfolks.
What does fisherfolk mean?
noun
- 1
People who fish for a living.
- 2
Members of a culture that is dominated by fishing.
- 3
Recreational fishers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fisherfolk?
- UK /ˈfɪʃəfəʊk/
- US /ˈfɪʃɚˌfoʊk/
Fisherfolk has 3 syllables, split fish·er·folk in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fisherfolk.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fisherfolk
- fisherfolks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fisherfolk?
Fisherfolk appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Fisherfolk in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense people who fish for a living:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Fischervolk |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fisherfolk come from?
From fisher (“person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport”) + folk; compare fisherman.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).