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Greenlandman

Greenlandman noun: a whaling ship, normally operating in the North Atlantic.

Noun

Greenlandman (plural Greenlandmen)

  1. (historical) A whaling ship, normally operating in the North Atlantic.
    • In the year 1779, Ten guineas, being the Premium offered for an account of taking Whales by the Gun Harpoon, was adjudged to Captain Humphrey Foord of the Mancheſter Greenlandman[.]1784, Joseph Mace et al., “A summary account of rewards bestowed by the Society, from the year MDCCLXXV to the year MDCCLXXXII, inclusive”, in Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for...
  2. (archaic) A male Greenlander.

Forms of Greenlandman

pluralGreenlandmen

Origin of Greenlandman

From Greenland + -man.

Questions about Greenlandman

What does Greenlandman mean?
Greenlandman means a whaling ship, normally operating in the North Atlantic.
What part of speech is Greenlandman?
Greenlandman is a noun.
What is the plural of Greenlandman?
The plural of Greenlandman is Greenlandmen.

Words near Greenlandman in the dictionary

  1. Greenlandic Norse
  2. Greenlandicness
  3. Greenlandification
  4. Greenlandish
  5. greenlandite
  6. Greenlandman
  7. Greenlandmen
  8. Greenlands
  9. greenlash
  10. greenlashes
  11. Greenlaw

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