Meanings
nounspearfisher (plural spearfishers)
plural spearfishers
- One who fishes with a spear.
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.
2007 August 26, Lynn Harris, “Lying and One-Night Stands”, in New York Times
Origin
Translations
German Speerfischer, Speerfischerin
- Speerfischerone who fishes with a spear
- Speerfischerinone who fishes with a spear
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spearfisher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spearfisher
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spearfisher,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spearfisher.
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