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spearfisherman

noun

Etymology

From spear + fisherman.

  1. inherited from *fiskārijaz✻ — “fisher”
  2. inherited from fisċere — “fisher”
  3. inherited from fischer
  4. suffixed as fisherman — “fisher + man”
  5. compounded as spearfisherman — “spear + fisherman”

Definitions

  1. A male spearfisher.

    • I have a confession to make: I used to be a spearfisherman. Way back in my callow youth[.]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA