shrimpers

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People who catch or farm shrimp and the boats they use

noun
/ˈʃrɪmpərz/

: camaróneros

Local shrimpers sell their catch at the market, providing fresh seafood to the community.

Examples

They want to stay out in the, there's a dividing line between the shrimpers out here and it's stone crabbers.
Every morning, the shrimpers head out on their boats, ready to catch their daily haul.
You know, we also have references to shrimpers or or frost giants in Old Norse.
The shrimpers worked hard all night to harvest the fresh shrimp from the sea.

Synonyms

shrimper

vsshrimpers

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A person who catches shrimp for a living

is broader, covering people, farms, or boats used for catching those crustaceans

Surface Forms

shrimpers plural

shrimper singular

Morphology

shrimpers = shrimper (transparent) = shrimp + er + s

The final step is a regular plural '-s' attached to the clearly formed agent noun 'shrimper'.

Etymology

Shrimpers comes from shrimp, a word that once meant 'small' or 'shrunken', and a helpful way to remember this is to think of shrink. A shrimper is simply someone who catches or farms shrimp, and the name is also used for the boats they use.