Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - fisher

 noun  Date: before 12th century  1. one that fishes  2.  a. a dark brown North American carnivorous mammal (Martes pennanti) of the weasel family  b. the fur or pelt of this animal FISHER  I. biographical name Dorothy 1879-1958 Dorothea Frances nee Canfield American novelist  II. biographical name Irving 1867-1947 American economist  III. biographical name John Arbuthnot 1841-1920 1st Baron ~ of Kilverstone British admiral  IV. biographical name Mary Frances Kennedy 1908-1992 American writer