This is the 6203rd most frequent French word.
fisher
The word "fisher" is not a French word; it is English, meaning "a person who catches fish."
The word 'fisher' is used as a borrowed term akin to 'to fish,' metaphorically implying a search or inquiry for data or clues.
Je vais fisher des informations sur le sujet avant de commencer.
I will fish for information on the subject before starting.
Here, 'fisher' is used in its primary sense of catching fish, borrowing from English inflection within a French sentence for stylistic effect.
Ils aiment fisher au bord du lac pendant les vacances.
They like to fish by the lake during their holidays.
In this instance, 'fisher' is utilized figuratively to describe the process of deducing or extracting meaning systematically from a given context.