fisherfolk

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Scrabble points
23
Words With Friends
23
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈfɪʃəfəʊk/
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/ˈfɪʃəfəʊk/ · /ˈfɪʃɚˌfoʊk/

Definition of fisherfolk

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)People who fish for a living.
    “Sir Walter Scott used Auchmithie as the model for his 'Musselcrag' in The Antiquary. The artist William Lamond spent 40 summers in the village, and painted scenes of Auchmithie and its fisherfolk.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)People who fish for a living.
    “Sir Walter Scott used Auchmithie as the model for his 'Musselcrag' in The Antiquary. The artist William Lamond spent 40 summers in the village, and painted scenes of Auchmithie and its fisherfolk.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)Members of a culture that is dominated by fishing.
  3. (countable, uncountable)Recreational fishers.
    “Every year Grey Nomad migration sees the little Gulf town of Karumba stretched creaseless with sunbirds and fisherfolk.”

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Etymology

From fisher (“person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport”) + folk; compare fisherman.

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