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fisherette

fisherette noun: a female fisher (one who catches fish).

Noun

fisherette (plural fisherettes)

  1. (dated) A female fisher (one who catches fish).
    • If you are a fisherman or a “fisherette” you may write to one of the advertisers in The New Department for a fly-book.1913, Hearst’s Magazine, page 677
    • Introducing the Fisherette / A NEW EXPERIMENT IN WAR WORK FOR WOMEN—PLUCKY NOVA SCOTIANS TAKE TO FISH CLEANING IN OIL-SKINS AND SOU’WESTERS[…]And here is where the fisherette comes in! If women can help on the farms, in the factories, in industries of every kind, they are surely fitted to take...1918 July 20, The Brantford Daily Expositor, Brantford, Ont., page nine

Examples of fisherette in a sentence

  • Introducing the Fisherette / A NEW EXPERIMENT IN WAR WORK FOR WOMEN—PLUCKY NOVA SCOTIANS TAKE TO FISH CLEANING IN OIL-SKINS AND SOU’WESTERS[…]And here is where the fisherette comes in!1918 July 20, The Brantford Daily Expositor, Brantford, Ont., page nine:
  • Van Dorin’s directions, the visiting fishermen—and fisherettes — were successful in landing a fine catch of albacore.1938 September 23, The Upland News, volume XLIV, number 43, Upland, Calif.:
  • But, somehow, I felt a bit self-conscious, embarrassed almost as though I had caught some young angler kissing a fisherette.1942, O[nnie] Warren Smith, Musings of an Angler, New York, N.Y.: A. S. Barnes & Company, page 96:
  • A fisherette from Berry, Miss Mildred Cannon, helped Wiley Cannon, also of Berry, and J.1950, Alabama Conservation, page 16:

Forms of fisherette

pluralfisherettes

Origin of fisherette

From fisher + -ette.

Questions about fisherette

What does fisherette mean?
Fisherette means a female fisher (one who catches fish).
How do you use fisherette in a sentence?
Introducing the Fisherette / A NEW EXPERIMENT IN WAR WORK FOR WOMEN—PLUCKY NOVA SCOTIANS TAKE TO FISH CLEANING IN OIL-SKINS AND SOU’WESTERS[…]And here is where the fisherette comes in!
What part of speech is fisherette?
Fisherette is a noun.
What is the plural of fisherette?
The plural of fisherette is fisherettes.

Words near fisherette in the dictionary

  1. fisherboys
  2. fisherellin
  3. fisherellins
  4. fisheress
  5. fisheresses
  6. fisherette
  7. fisherettes
  8. fisherfolk
  9. fisherfolks
  10. fishergirl
  11. fishergirls

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