fishman

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Fishman^¹

proper noun

A surname.

fishman^²

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From Middle English fisscheman; equivalent to fish + -man.

noun fishmen

A man who sells fish. Without an exception, save ourselves, the boat was occupied by fishmen and fishwomen, returning from effecting their purchases at Billinsgate, and who availed themselves of this new mode of transit to reach the West End, without having the barriers of Fleet-street, the hills of Holborn, or the other
A mythic or fictional being that is part man, part fish. It wore no clothes, but had the cocked hat under its arm, and seemed engaged thinking very seriously about something. Jack, with all his courage, was a little daunted; but now or never, thought he; so up he went boldly to the cogitating fish-man, took off his hat, and made his best bow.

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@misc{fishman_2026,
  title = {fishman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fishman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}