noun
Dated term for a fisherman; modern Japanese usually uses 漁師 (りょうし). Still understood, but sounds old-fashioned.
See also: 漁師
昔話には、海で働く漁夫がよく登場する。
Fishermen working at sea often appear in old tales.
祖父は若いころ漁夫だった。
My grandfather was a fisherman when he was young.
漁師 is the standard modern word for 'fisherman'. 漁夫 is dated and less common.
Compound of 漁 (fishing) and 夫 (man). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'fisherman'.