harpooneer
harpooneer noun: a harpooner, one who uses a harpoon to hunt whales.
Noun
harpooneer (plural harpooneers)
- A harpooner, one who uses a harpoon to hunt whales.
- To all this I joyously assented; for besides the affection I now felt for Queequeg, he was an experienced harpooneer, and as such, could not fail to be of great usefulness to one, who, like me, was wholly ignorant of the mysteries of whaling, though well acquainted with the sea, as known to...1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Biographical”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 63
Forms of harpooneer
| plural | harpooneers |
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Origin of harpooneer
From harpoon + -eer.
Words that rhyme with harpooneer
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- spear
- career
- fear
- here
- steer
- appear
- cavalier
- cheer
- leer
- pioneer
- queer
- volunteer
- adhere
- beer
- chandelier
- deer
- financier
- pier
- premier
- privateer
- sheer
- veer
- vizier
- austere
- bombardier
- brigadier
- cashmere
- commandeer
- disappear
- endear
- grenadier
- interfere
- mere
- mountaineer
- peer
- sear
- tear
- tier
- unclear
- arrear
- bier
- blear
- cameleer
- cashier
- chiffonier
- cohere
- fakir
- farseer
Questions about harpooneer
- What does harpooneer mean?
- Harpooneer means a harpooner, one who uses a harpoon to hunt whales.
- What part of speech is harpooneer?
- Harpooneer is a noun.
- What is the plural of harpooneer?
- The plural of harpooneer is harpooneers.
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