Fish

A surname.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.

Origin

From fish, a metonymic occupational surname for a fish seller or a nickname for someone who resembled a fish. It could also be an Americanized spelling of German Fisch.

Forms

Fishes

Proper noun astrology, astronomy

  1. The constellation and zodiacal sign Pisces.
    • The Fiſh directeth the feet: and theſe three be the ſigns of Winter. - 1668, ‘Godfridus’, The Knowledge of Things Unknown, London: G.P. for G. Sawbridge, page 20:
    • The Fish, His Church in union bound; The Lamb, once slain, but now enthroned; The Bull the victory shall gain; The Twins, Divine and human reign. - 1862, [Frances Rolleston], Mazzaroth, or, The Constellations: Part III,...
    • The Ram, the Bull, the heavenly Twins, And next the Crab, the Lion shines, The Virgin and the Scales; The Scorpion, Archer, and Sea-Goat, The Man that carries the Water-pot, And Fish with glittering scales. - 1893, E....

    Synonyms: Fishes

Origin

Semantic loan from Latin Pisces.

Forms

the Fish