shrimper

shrimper [shrim-per] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for shrimper on Thesaurus.com noun

1. a shrimp fisherman.
2. a boat used for shrimping.
3. Informal. a shrimp.

Origin of shrimper First recorded in 1850–55; shrimp + -er1 Related Words for shrimper paltry, measly, inconsequential, tiny, frail, trivial, feeble, poor, limited, short, slight, meager, young, miniature, modest, cramped, microscopic, narrow, minuscule, small-scale Examples from the Web for shrimper Contemporary Examples of shrimper

“I remember going out with a shrimper after Katrina, a real Bubba Gump moment,” Severson says.

A Life in Food

John Douglas Marshall

May 28, 2010

Historical Examples of shrimper

He was evidently a fisherman or a shrimper, and his movements had all the strangeness of some long-legged aquatic bird.

An Artist’s Letters From Japan

John La Farge