Fisher

Fisher is an archaic term for fisherman, revived as gender-neutral.

Fisher or Fishers may also refer to:

  • Fisher (animal) (Martes pennanti), a North American mustelid
  • Fisher (band), a rock band featuring Kathy Fisher as lead singer
  • Fisher (yachts), famous British motorsailers
  • Fisher (comic strip), a Canadian comic strip by Philip Street
  • The Fisher:
    • A brand of high fidelity audio equipment marketed by Avery Fisher
    • Sergey Golovkin (1959-1996), a Russian serial killer known as "The Fisher"

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Famous quotes containing the word fisher:

    For anyone addicted to reading commonplace books ... finding a good new one is much like enduring a familiar recurrence of malaria, with fever, fits of shaking, strange dreams. Unlike a truly paludismic ordeal, however, the symptoms felt while savoring a collection of one man’s pet quotations are voluptuously enjoyable ...
    —M.F.K. Fisher (1908–1992)

    Chicago, Chicago, that toddlin’ town.
    —Fred Fisher (1875–1942)

    One ... aspect of the case for World War II is that while it was still a shooting affair it taught us survivors a great deal about daily living which is valuable to us now that it is, ethically at least, a question of cold weapons and hot words.
    —M.F.K. Fisher (1908–1992)