Whalesman

Quick meaning: Whalesman is a noun meaning One who hunts whales; a whaler.

Meaning

One who hunts whales; a whaler.

Example Sentences

Take heed young whalesmen and listen to my word.

The old whalesman was not long aboard before getting confirmed in his conjecture that the ship was the same whose boats had harpooned and “drogued” the cachalot', the carcass of which had been encountered by the Catamaran.

That's the distinction your heroic whalesman made about us fishermen, just because he thought the whale's brain enlightened the world while we brayed like asses about the hard life we led. So I say a whalesman is to a fisherman as a gold-digger is to a quarryman.

Word Forms

• whalesmen

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include whaleman, whale-fisher, whaler, whalewatcher, harpooneer, whalefisher.

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