Fisher : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Fisher	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Fisher
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fisher n someone whose occupation is catching fish [syn: fisherman, fisher] large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal Synonym(s): fisher, pekan, fisher cat, black cat, Martes pennanti
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fisher \Fish"er\, n. [AS. fiscere.] 1. One who fishes. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family ({Mustela Canadensis}); the pekan; the [bd]black cat.[b8]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Fisher, AR (town, FIPS 23800) Location: 35.49147 N, 90.97218 W Population (1990): 245 (118 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72429 Fisher, IL (village, FIPS 26194) Location: 40.31578 N, 88.34855 W Population (1990): 1526 (622 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61843 Fisher, LA (village, FIPS 25615) Location: 31.49441 N, 93.46026 W Population (1990): 277 (106 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71426 Fisher, MN (city, FIPS 21158) Location: 47.79928 N, 96.79962 W Population (1990): 413 (172 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56723 Fisher, PA Zip code(s): 16225 Fisher, WV Zip code(s): 26818
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Fisher Besides its literal sense (Luke 5:2), this word is also applied by our Lord to his disciples in a figurative sense (Matt. 4:19; Mark 1:17).