whaler

American  

[hwey-ler, wey-] / ˈʰweɪ lər, ˈweɪ- /

noun

1. a person or vessel employed in whaling. whale. whaling.

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whaler British  

/ ˈweɪlə /

noun

1. Also called (US): whaleman.  a person employed in whaling

2. a vessel engaged in whaling See factory ship whale catcher

3. another word for whaleboat

4. a nomad surviving in the bush without working

5. short for whaler shark

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Etymology

Origin of whaler

First recorded in 1675–85; whale ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Behind, at some distance, is a rowboat with whalers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Their evidence included finding stone harpoon points that hadn’t been used since the mid-1800s embedded in the blubber of whales recently killed by traditional whalers.

From Salon

Before the 1930s, an estimated 40,000 blue whales were killed by whalers in South Georgia waters.

From BBC

In this final section, a haunting combination of music and dance, Brooks calls up ghosts and ancestors from whalers and slave ships.

From New York Times

A whaler's forgotten aerial photos from 1937 have given researchers at the University of Copenhagen the most detailed picture of the ice evolution in East Antarctica to date.

From Science Daily