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单词 whale-fisher
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whale-fishern.

Brit. /ˈweɪlˌfɪʃə/, U.S. /ˈ(h)weɪlˌfɪʃər/
Etymology: < whale-fishing n.: see -er suffix1.
= whaler n. 1.
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society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > whale-hunter > [noun]
whale-hunter1598
whale-killer1613
whale-striker1613
whaler1684
whaleman1704
whalefisherman1724
whale-fisher1773
sperm-whaler1834
whalermana1894
1773 J. Berridge Christian World Unmasked 48 In Greenland, among the whale-fishers.
1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 271 The salt in the sea..destroys the tenacity of the bay-ice,..and, in the language of the whale-fisher, completely rots it.
1874 A. H. Markham Whaling Cruise i. 1 Hither [sc. to the Arctic Regions] our brave whale-fishers have annually ventured for many years.

Compounds

ˈwhalefisherman n. = whaler n. 1, 2.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > whaling vessel
Greenlandman1659
whale-boat1682
whalefisherman1724
whaleman1767
whaler1806
spouter1815
whale-ship1820
catcher1829
sperm-whaler1834
blubber-boiler1851
plum-puddinger1851
five-boater1887
bay whaler1905
society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > whale-hunter > [noun]
whale-hunter1598
whale-killer1613
whale-striker1613
whaler1684
whaleman1704
whalefisherman1724
whale-fisher1773
sperm-whaler1834
whalermana1894
1724 Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 33 193 Our Whale Fishermen of Nantucket.
1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 74 Foreign Protestants also, who had served three years on board of any British whale~fishermen.
ˈwhale-fishery n. (a) the occupation or industry of whale-fishing; (b) a locality where whale-fishing is carried on or where whales abound.
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society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > [noun] > whaling-ground
whale-fishery1705
whale-ground1851
whale-hole1897
society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > [noun]
whale-fishing1582
whale-hunting1615
whale-killing1625
whalery1683
whale-catching1685
whaling1704
whale-fishery1820
whale-striking1821
sperm-whaling1851
1705 Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 1723 When our Ships return'd from the Whale-Fishery.
1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 555 About Greenland, and in other places where there are whale-fisheries.
1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 76 The British whale-fishery of 1758 was very unsuccessful.
1874 A. H. Markham Whaling Cruise i. 8 The ships engaged in the whale fishery are all most substantially built.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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