whaler

Meaning

1. One who hunts whales; a person employed in the whaling industry.
2. A seagoing vessel used for hunting whales.
3. One who whales (flogs or beats).
4. (slang) A large, strong person.
5. (slang) Something of unusually great size, a whopper, a whacker.
6. (Australia) Any shark of the family Carcharhinidae; a requiem shark.
7. (Australia, dated, slang) A sundowner; one who cruises about.

Synonyms

whaling ship

whaleman

whaleboat

whale-boat

sailor

whale boat

yawl

tramp

whacker

whopper

Translations

ballenero

balener

baleeiro

baleinier

🐳

baleniere

Walfänger

baleniera

φαλαινοθήρας

walvisvaarder

φαλαινοθηρικό

ballenera

سفينة صيد الحيتان

balina avcısı

Walboot

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈweɪlə/

Etymology

From whale + -er. In sense 1, displaced Old English hwælhunta (literally “whale hunter”).