fisherwoman
/ˈfɪʃəˌwʊmən/noun
fisherwoman is a noun meaning “A woman who fishes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-S-H-E-R-W-O-M-A-N, and it appears about once in every 50 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fisherwoman is fisherwomen.
What does fisherwoman mean?
noun
- 1
A woman who fishes.
The fisherwoman cast her line.
- 2
A woman whose profession is catching fish.
She is a fisherwoman, out on a trawler for days at a time.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fisherwoman?
- UK /ˈfɪʃəˌwʊmən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fisherwoman
- fisherwomen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fisherwoman?
Fisherwoman appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th 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).
Fisherwoman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense woman catching fish:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pêcheuse |
| German | Fischerin |
| Portuguese | pescadora |
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 fisherwoman come from?
From fisher + -woman.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).