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fishermanship

fishermanship noun: the skill or art of a fisherman.

Noun

fishermanship (uncountable)

  1. The skill or art of a fisherman.
    • The finny trophies he brought back in the form of numerous fat pickerel were ample evidence of his fishermanship.1928, RG&E News, volume 16, page 334

Origin of fishermanship

From fisherman + -ship.

Questions about fishermanship

What does fishermanship mean?
Fishermanship means the skill or art of a fisherman.
What part of speech is fishermanship?
Fishermanship is a noun.

Words near fishermanship in the dictionary

  1. Fisherman's Wharf
  2. fishermanlike
  3. fishermanly
  4. Fishermans Bay
  5. Fishermans Reach
  6. fishermanship
  7. fishermen
  8. fisherpeople
  9. fisherperson
  10. fisherpersons
  11. Fisherrow

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