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[ hweyl-muhn, weyl- ] / ˈʰweɪl mən, ˈweɪl- /
noun, plural whale·men.a person whose occupation is whaling; whaler. Origin of whalemanAn Americanism dating back to 1655–65; whale1 + -man Words nearby whalemanwhaleback, whaleboat, whalebone, whalebone whale, whale catcher, whaleman, Whalen, whale of a time, whale oil, whaler, whaler shark Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for whalemanA New Bedford boy might tell us, and very correctly, that the woodpecker harpoons his grub, just as a whaleman harpoons a whale. The Woodpeckers|Fannie Hardy Eckstorm But the whaleman, as he seeks the food of light, so he lives in light. Moby Dick; or The Whale|Herman Melville It was at this moment that I came as close to death as ever whaleman experienced. Swept Out to Sea|W. Bertram Foster The whaleman, being more or less of a celebrity, had attracted the bright glances of several Tchuktchi maidens. From Paris to New York by Land|Harry de Windt
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