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Greenlandmen

Greenlandmen is the plural of Greenlandman.

Meaning of Greenlandman

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.

Questions about Greenlandmen

What is Greenlandmen the plural of?
Greenlandmen is the plural of Greenlandman.

Words near Greenlandmen in the dictionary

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

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