My grandpa was a whaler.
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Whaler
//ˈweɪlə//
Synonyms for "whaler" (65 found)
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Closest matches (13)
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Related words (32)
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8 entriesTranslations
57 translations across 26 languages.
Asturian
2 entries- balleneru noun (person who hunts whales)
- balleneru noun (vessel for hunting whales)
Basque
2 entries- baleontzi noun (vessel for hunting whales)
- balezale noun (person who hunts whales)
Bulgarian
1 entries- китоловец noun (person who hunts whales)
Catalan
2 entries- balener noun (person who hunts whales)
- balener noun (vessel for hunting whales)
Czech
1 entries- velrybář noun (person who hunts whales)
Danish
3 entries- hvalbåd noun (vessel for hunting whales)
- hvalfanger noun (person who hunts whales)
- hvalfanger noun (vessel for hunting whales)
Finnish
2 entries- valaanpyyntialus noun (vessel for hunting whales)
- valaanpyytäjä noun (person who hunts whales)
French
3 entries- baleinier noun (vessel for hunting whales)
- chasseur de baleine noun (person who hunts whales)
- chasseuse de baleine noun (person who hunts whales)
Galician
2 entries- baleeiro noun (person who hunts whales)
- baleeiro noun (vessel for hunting whales)
German
2 entries- Walfänger noun (person who hunts whales)
- Walfängerin noun (person who hunts whales)
Greek
2 entries- φαλαινοθήρας noun (person who hunts whales)
- φαλαινοθηρικό noun (vessel for hunting whales)
Hebrew
2 entries- סְפִינַת לִוְיְתָנִים noun (vessel for hunting whales)
- סְפִינַת צֵיד לִוְיְתָנִים noun (vessel for hunting whales)
Hungarian
2 entries- bálnavadász noun (person who hunts whales)
- bálnavadászhajó noun (vessel for hunting whales)
Icelandic
4 entries- hvalbátur noun (vessel for hunting whales)
- hvalskip noun (vessel for hunting whales)
- hvalveiðibátur noun (vessel for hunting whales)
- hvalveiðimaður noun (person who hunts whales)
Italian
2 entries- baleniera noun (vessel for hunting whales)
- baleniere noun (person who hunts whales)
Macedonian
2 entries- китоловец noun (person who hunts whales)
- китоловец noun (vessel for hunting whales)
Māori
1 entries- kaipatu tohorā noun (person who hunts whales)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- hvalbåt noun (vessel for hunting whales)
- hvalfanger noun (person who hunts whales)
- hvalfanger noun (vessel for hunting whales)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- kvalfangar noun (person who hunts whales)
- kvalfangar noun (vessel for hunting whales)
Old English
1 entries- hwælhunta noun (person who hunts whales)
Portuguese
2 entries- baleeiro noun (person who hunts whales)
- baleeiro noun (vessel for hunting whales)
Russian
1 entries- китобо́й noun (person who hunts whales)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kitolóvac noun (person who hunts whales)
- китоло́вац noun (person who hunts whales)
Spanish
2 entries- ballenero noun (person who hunts whales)
- ballenero noun (vessel for hunting whales)
Swedish
3 entries- valfångare noun (person who hunts whales)
- valfångare noun (vessel for hunting whales)
- valfångstfartyg noun (vessel for hunting whales)
Volapük
4 entries- valütanaf noun (vessel for hunting whales)
- valütenaf noun (vessel for hunting whales)
- valütifanan noun (person who hunts whales)
- valütihifanan noun (person who hunts whales)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
For a whaler's wife to have been “ 'round the Cape” half a dozen times, or even more, was nothing extraordinary.
Source: wiktionary
Whalers have always overexploited their stocks, driving them to commercial extinction.[…]American whalers, operating at first from the coast and later in sea-going boats, took about 200 000 right whales in addition to humpbacks and grays.
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The whalers brought a new way of life. They brought a chance for travel. Many Chamorros traveled to London and the United States. Over eight hundred Chamorro whalers settled in Honolulu.
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