Whalefisher
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Whalefisher is a noun meaning A whaling ship.
Meaning
A whaling ship.
More Meanings
- Alternative form of whale-fisher.
Example Sentences
He promised his parents that he would watch over him as if he were his own son, and would make a clever whalefisher and sealhunter of him.
In 1880 he took his first trip on a steamship, the Agn, as a machinist, the boat having been bought from the celebrated whalefisher, Sven Fyen, as an express boat in Varanger fjord.
On board of a Norwegian whalefisher I met with several young sailors who received the word with great desire and I trust it will follow them to the Arctic waters with heavenly light and warmth.
For a Greenlander of Disko-bay, who had been with a whalefisher to Amsterdam, and came back this year, spread a rumour, that next spring many ships would come and kill all the Europeans, and all the Greenlanders too that they met with among them.
Word Forms
- whalefishers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include whaleship, whalefish, whale-fisher, whaler, whaleman, whalery.
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