whaler
IPA: wˈeɪɫɝ
noun
- One who hunts whales; a person employed in the whaling industry.
- A seagoing vessel used for hunting whales.
- One who whales (flogs or beats).
- (slang) A large, strong person.
- (slang) Something of unusually great size, a whopper, a whacker.
- (Australia) Any shark of the family Carcharhinidae; a requiem shark.
- (Australian slang, dated) A sundowner; one who cruises about.
- A surname.
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Examples of "whaler" in Sentences
- Whalers did not catch any whales today.
- The Duke of Portland was an American whaler of 400 tons.
- The duke acquired the Jason, a steam whaler of 570 tons.
- Attached to the deck of the Cuyahoga was a Boston Whaler.
- As of 2010, the Whalers are the most recent NHL team to relocate.
- His ship sank, and the rest of the party returned home on a whaler.
- The ship spots a whaler and lands on the South Sea island of Annamooka.
- Hoepstock is a Rotterdam whaler who was the first to use the bay in 1616.
- The school colors are crimson and white and the school mascot is a whaler.
- Allegedly three members of the Japanese whaler were injured in the attack.
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