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spearfisher

spearfisher noun: one who fishes with a spear.

Noun

spearfisher (plural spearfishers)

  1. One who fishes with a spear.
    • There is a reckless driver, a liar (Ann Hood fibs compulsively, a hilariously inherited trait), a Catholic adolescent with some confessions to make about confession and a spearfisher who, playing hooky in Mexico from family Christmas, cheats by luring her prey with cheese.2007 August 26, Lynn Harris, “Lying and One-Night Stands”, in New York Times

Forms of spearfisher

pluralspearfishers

Origin of spearfisher

From spear + fisher.

Words formed from spearfisher

Questions about spearfisher

What does spearfisher mean?
Spearfisher means one who fishes with a spear.
What part of speech is spearfisher?
Spearfisher is a noun.
What is the plural of spearfisher?
The plural of spearfisher is spearfishers.

Words near spearfisher in the dictionary

  1. speares
  2. speareth
  3. Spearfinger
  4. spearfish
  5. spearfished
  6. spearfisher
  7. spearfisheries
  8. spearfisherman
  9. spearfishermen
  10. spearfishers
  11. spearfisherwoman

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