whaler.
One who hunts whales; any person employed in the whaling industry.
Meaning & usage
One who hunts whales; any person employed in the whaling industry.
A seagoing vessel used for hunting whales.
One who whales (flogs or beats).
A large, strong person.
Something of unusually great size, a whopper, a whacker.
Any shark of the family Carcharhinidae; a requiem shark.
A sundowner; one who cruises about.
Where this word comes from
From whale + -er. In sense 1, displaced Old English hwælhunta (literally “whale hunter”).
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