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whaler Definition

whaler (hwālər, wā-)

noun

  1. a ship used in whaling
  2. a person whose work is whaling
    also ☆ whaleman whale′·man (hwālmən, wāl-)

    noun pl. whalemen -·men (-mən)

whaler Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • stop: Plus stopping Japanese whalers, third runway at Heathrow, BAE in sales to Saudi Arabia shocker and more.
  • use: He also used the old whaler Terra Nova for his second voyage in 1910.
  • tow: They were sent on to La Panne beach where they began towing whalers full of troops to off-lying ships.
  • include: The convoy, including eight whalers, arrived in the Downs on 27 October.

Adjective modifier

  • Norwegian: The Norwegian whalers introduced deer to the Island many years ago.
  • Japanese: Last weekend Greenpeace sent two ships icebreakers from Cape Town to turn the hunt on the Japanese whalers.
  • American: The peak of northern hemisphere whaling was in 1842 - at that time there were 594 American whalers.
  • old: He also used the old whaler Terra Nova for his second voyage in 1910.
  • early: The Kapitan Khlebnikov continues north into Baffin Bay, battling the notorious gyre ( circular current ) of ice that thwarted early whalers.
  • Scottish: In 1892 four Scottish whalers from Dundee sailed south looking for right whales.

Modifies a noun

  • shark: The waters off the beach were also a breeding ground for bronze whaler sharks, he said.

Noun used with modifier

  • bronze: The waters off the beach were also a breeding ground for bronze whaler sharks, he said.
  • steam: And by 1870s Dundee was the main British whaling port, being home to 10 steam whalers.

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