fishwoman

English

Etymology

fish +‎ -woman

Noun

fishwoman (plural fishwomen)

(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

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