whaler – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
whaler
n.
one who hunts whales; ship for hunting whales
Whaler
A
whaler or
whaling ship is a specialized ship, designed for
whaling, the catching and/or processing of
whales. The former includes the
whale catcher – a steam or diesel-driven vessel with a
harpoon gun mounted at its bow. The latter includes such vessels as the sail or steam-driven
whaleship of the 16th to early 20th century and the floating factory or
factory ship of the modern era. There have also been vessels which combined the two activities, such as the bottlenose whalers of the late 19th and early 20th century, and catcher/factory ships of the modern era.
whaler
Noun
1. a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales
(hypernym) mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog
(derivation) whale
2. a ship engaged in whale fishing
(synonym) whaling ship
(hypernym) ship
(hyponym) factory ship
(derivation) whale
Whaler
(n.)
One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size.
(n.)
A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
whaler
Synonyms and related words:
AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Neptune, OD, Poseidon, Varuna, able seaman, able-bodied seaman, angler, bluejacket, buccaneer, deep-sea man, dibber, dibbler, drift netter, drifter, fair-weather sailor, fisher, fisherman, guddler, hearty, jack, jack afloat, jack-tar, jacker, jacky, jigger, limey, lobsterman, mariner, matelot, navigator, pirate, piscator, piscatorialist, piscatorian, privateer, sailor, salt, sea dog, sea rover, seafarer, seafaring man, seaman, shipman, tar, the compleat angler, trawler, troller, viking, water dog, windjammer, windsailor
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
