Meanings
nounphisherman (plural phishermen)
plural phishermen
- InternetcomputingThe criminal performing phishing attacks.
Thus if he mistakenly enters his Citibank password into a phishing site, the phisherman gets a different password and cannot use it to impersonate him.
2010, Ross J. Anderson, Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
From phisher + -man, modeled on fisherman.
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phisherman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phisherman
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“phisherman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phisherman. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phisherman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phisherman.
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