whaler

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales
  2. noun a ship engaged in whale fishing

Etymology

From whale + -er. In sense 1, displaced Old English hwælhunta (literally “whale hunter”).

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