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whaler

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whal·er  (hwlr, w-)
n.
1. One that hunts or processes whales.
2. A whaling ship.
3. A whaleboat.
whaler
Noun
1. a ship used for hunting whales
2. a person whose job is to hunt whales
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.whaler - a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales
Jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, gob, Jack, tar - a man who serves as a sailor
2.whalerwhaler - a ship engaged in whale fishing      
whaling ship
factory ship - a whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea
ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight
Translations

whaler [ˈweɪləʳ] n (ship) → ballenero
whaler [ˈweɪləʳ] n (= ship) → baleinier m
whaler [ˈweɪləʳ] whale n → Walfänger m
whaler [ˈweɪləʳ] n (ship) → baleniera


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And she would have been posted really as "overdue," or maybe as "missing," had she not been sighted in a snowstorm, vaguely, like a strange rolling island, by a whaler going north from her Polar cruising ground.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
When a new-hatched savage running wild about his native woodlands in a grass clout, followed by the nibbling goats, as if he were a green sapling; even then, in Queequeg's ambitious soul, lurked a strong desire to see something more of Christendom than a specimen whaler or two.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Twice I actually hired myself as an under-mate in a Greenland whaler, and acquitted myself to admiration.
Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary View in context
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