fishwoman

English

Etymology

fish +‎ -woman

Noun

fishwoman (plural fishwomen)

1. (dated) A woman who sells fish.
   • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:

     Watt was not a woman's man, but the fishwoman pleased him greatly.

Synonyms

• fishmongeress (fishmongress), fishwife, piscatrix (historical)

Coordinate terms

• fishman, fishmonger

Translations

woman who sells fish — see fishwife