/fish"euhr meuhn/ , n. , pl. fishermen , adj.
n.
1. a person who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.
2. a ship used in fishing.
adj.
3. Also, fisherman's . of, pertaining to, or designating a knitting pattern consisting primarily of cable-stitches executed in a characteristically thick, traditionally off-white yarn, or a garment made in this pattern and yarn: a fisherman sweater.
[ 1400-50; late ME fissherman; see FISHER, -MAN ]