noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who uses a harpoon, especially to hunt whales.

   "Y.T. laughs. So does Raven. "What's your job?" Y.T. asks. "I'm a harpooner," he says."

2. 2
   someone who launches harpoons wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

harpooneer

Example

More examples

"Y.T. laughs. So does Raven. "What's your job?" Y.T. asks. "I'm a harpooner," he says."

Etymology

From harpoon + -er.

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