dictionary definitions for "fisher"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  fisher
      n 1: someone whose occupation is catching fish [syn:
           fisherman, fisher]
      2: large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal
         [syn: fisher, pekan, fisher cat, black cat, {Martes
         pennanti}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fisher \Fish"er\, n. [AS. fiscere.]
     1. One who fishes.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family
        (Mustela Canadensis); the pekan; the "black cat."
        [1913 Webster]


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