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Noun: whaler  wey-lu(r)
  1. A seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales
    "The old whaler recounted tales of his days hunting in the Arctic seas"
     
  2. A ship engaged in whale fishing
    "The old whaler had been converted into a museum";
    - whaling ship

Sounds like: whaler

Derived forms: whalers

Type of: gob [US, informal], Jack [informal], Jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, ship, tar

Encyclopedia: Whaler