A person who fishes for cod, a type of large ocean fish valuable for food and historically a major commercial catch.
From 'cod' (the fish, from Old English and Scandinavian origins) and 'fisher' (one who fishes). The compound developed as cod fishing became economically significant in medieval and early modern Europe.
Codfishers were so important to European economies that the 'Cod Wars' between Iceland and Britain in the 1950s-60s actually involved naval confrontations over fishing rights!
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