Definizione monolingua

whaler

whaler (plural whalers)

1. One who hunts whales; a person employed in the whale fishery.
   • 1890: Century Illustrated Magazine, XL, 511

     For a whalers wife to have been ""round the Cape"" half a dozen times, or even more, was nothing extraordinary.

2. A vessel for hunting whales.
   • 1863, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Sylvias Lovers, v.

     But o Thursday t Resolution, first whaler back this season, came in port.

3. (slang) One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size, a whopper, a whacker.
4. (Australian) The shark Carcharias brachyurus Günth.
5. (Australian slang) a sundowner; one who cruises about.
   • 1893: Sydney Morning Herald, Aug. 12, 1893

     the nomad, ""the whaler,"" it is who will find the new order hostile to his vested interest of doing nothing.

Definizione dizionario whaler

	baleniera
	vessel for hunting whales
	A ship engaged in whale fishing.

	baleniere
	person who hunts whales

Altri significati:

(Australian) The shark '''Carcharias brachyurus''' Günth.

A vessel for hunting whales.

One who hunts whales; a person employed in the whale fishery.

A seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales.

(Australian slang) a sundowner; one who cruises about.

(slang) One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size, a whopper, a whacker.