What does harpooneer mean?
Harpooneer means A harpooner, one who uses a harpoon to hunt whales..
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A harpooner, one who uses a harpoon to hunt whales..
To all this I joyously assented; for besides the affection I now felt for Queequeg, he was an experienced harpooneer, and as such, could not fail to be of great usefulness to one, who, like me, was wholly ignorant of the mysteries of whaling, though well acquainted with the sea, as known to merchant seamen.
Use harpooneer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Harpooneer means A harpooner, one who uses a harpoon to hunt whales..
Common synonyms include harpooner.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
To all this I joyously assented; for besides the affection I now felt for Queequeg, he was an experienced harpooneer, and as such, could not fail to be of great usefulness to one, who, like me, was wholly ignorant of the mysteries of whaling, though well acquainted with the sea, as known to merchant seamen.
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