spearfisher

English

Etymology

From spear +‎ fisher.

Noun

spearfisher (plural spearfishers)

1. One who fishes with a spear.
   • 2007 August 26, Lynn Harris, “Lying and One-Night Stands”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     There is a reckless driver, a liar (Ann Hood fibs compulsively, a hilariously inherited trait), a Catholic adolescent with some confessions to make about confession and a spearfisher who, playing hooky in Mexico from family Christmas, cheats by luring her prey with cheese.

Derived terms

• spearfishery
• spearphisher

Translations

one who fishes with a spear

• German: Speerfischer m, Speerfischerin f

Anagrams

• ferriphases