A person who makes, maintains, or uses fishpots and similar fishing traps.
From fishpot + -er (agent suffix from Old English '-ere'). This occupational term emerged when specialized fishing equipment became common enough to require dedicated craftspeople.
Fishpotters were specialized artisans whose skill in weaving tight, durable traps was so valued that many medieval villages had hereditary fishpotter families protecting their techniques like trade secrets.
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