gillnetter

noun

gill·​net·​ter ˈgil-ˌne-tər How to pronounce gillnetter (audio)
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: a boat equipped for or engaged in fishing with gill nets
also : a person who fishes with a gill net

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In Puget Sound, gillnetter Pete Knutson competes against 70-foot purse seiners that are usually corporate-owned. — Richard Adams Carey, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2018 The price tag on working gillnetters can be as low as ten grand for an out-of-repair fiberglass Rawson or as much as $400,000 for a fancy new aluminum drift boat with full refrigeration. — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2018 That averaged out to $74,000 for drift gillnetters, $54,000 for setnetters and $313,500 for seiners. — Laine Welch, Alaska Dispatch News, 29 Oct. 2017

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First Known Use

circa 1889, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gillnetter was circa 1889

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