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Definition of Whalir

Whal"er (?), n. A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.

Whal"er, n. One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size. [Colloq. U. S.]

Whal"er (?), n. A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.

Whal"er, n. One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size. [Colloq. U. S.]

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.
         
  • 1863: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Sylvia's Lovers, v. - But o' Thursday t' Resolution, first whaler back this season, came in port.
         
  • 1890: Century Illustrated Magazine, XL, 511 - For a whaler's wife to have been "'round the Cape" half a dozen times, or even more, was nothing extraordinary.
  • (Slang): One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size, a whopper, a whacker.
  • (Australia): name given in Sydney to the shark Carcharias brachyurus Günth.
  • (Australian slang): a sundowner; one who cruises about.
         1893: Sydney Morning Herald, Aug. 12, 1893 - the nomad, "the whaler," it is who will find the new order hostile to his vested interest of doing nothing.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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