Home › Words › F › fiferfiferfifer means A surname.EtymologyFrom Fife + -er.nameA surname.nounOne who plays on a fife.A person who hails from the county of Fife in Scotland.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.fifie 73% match — A small fishing boat that operated out of Fife in Scotland vs fifer →fiddlist 58% match — A fiddler. vs fifer →fisherperson 54% match — A fisherman or fisherwoman, a fisher. vs fifer →suffolker 53% match — A person from Suffolk in England. vs fifer →biffer 53% match — One who hits or punches; a fighter. vs fifer →fisherfolk 53% match — People who fish for a living. vs fifer →highlander 52% match — A person from the Highlands. vs fifer →fenlander 52% match — An inhabitant of the fenlands. vs fifer →