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laxfisher

laxfisher noun: a salmon fisher.

Noun

laxfisher (plural laxfishers)

  1. (Scotland) A salmon fisher.
    • After reading of th[e]ir acts, he also by direction frae the General Assembly, charged the masters and laxfishers of Dee and Don, within this parish, to forbear fishing upon Sunday, viz. frae Saturday at midnight till Sunday at that time, in all time coming; […]1792, John Spalding, The History of the Troubles and Memorable Transactions in Scotland
    • At the September Circuit, before Lords Alemore and Minto, Alexander Buck, jun., laxfisher in Banchory, was outlawed for not appearing to answer to a charge of having, in April before, murdered William Duncan, laxfisher, also in Banchory, by pushing him over a bridge near Hilldowntree.1840, The Black Kalendar of Aberdeen, page 70

Forms of laxfisher

plurallaxfishers
alternative formlax-fisher
alternative formlax fisher

Origin of laxfisher

From lax (“salmon”) + fisher.

Questions about laxfisher

What does laxfisher mean?
Laxfisher means a salmon fisher.
What part of speech is laxfisher?
Laxfisher is a noun.
What is the plural of laxfisher?
The plural of laxfisher is laxfishers.

Words near laxfisher in the dictionary

  1. laxers
  2. laxes
  3. laxest
  4. Laxey
  5. Laxfield
  6. laxfisher
  7. laxfishers
  8. laxiflorane
  9. Laximana
  10. laxing
  11. laxism

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