whaler
Americannoun
noun
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Also called (US): whaleman. a person employed in whaling
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a vessel engaged in whaling See factory ship whale catcher
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another word for whaleboat
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a nomad surviving in the bush without working
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short for whaler shark
Etymology
Origin of whaler
Example Sentences
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Soon naval ships and New England whalers were checking in to replenish their supplies.
Indigenous peoples in South America had been popping corn for millennia, but it didn’t reach the U.S. until the 19th century, when whalers returned from South America with the whole grain in tow.
Behind, at some distance, is a rowboat with whalers.
Their evidence included finding stone harpoon points that hadn’t been used since the mid-1800s embedded in the blubber of whales recently killed by traditional whalers.
From Salon
Before the 1930s, an estimated 40,000 blue whales were killed by whalers in South Georgia waters.
From BBC
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