fishmen

Noun

fishman (plural fishmen)

1. A man who sells fish.
   • Without an exception, save ourselves, the boat was occupied by fishmen and fishwomen, returning from effecting their purchases at Billinsgate, and who availed themselves of this new mode of transit to reach the West End, without having the barriers of Fleet-street, the hills of Holborn, or the...1846, “Our Tattler”, in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, page 175
2. A mythic or fictional being that is part man, part fish.
   • It wore no clothes, but had the cocked hat under its arm, and seemed engaged thinking very seriously about something. Jack, with all his courage, was a little daunted; but now or never, thought he; so up he went boldly to the cogitating fish-man, took off his hat, and made his best bow.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 529

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