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harpooneers

harpooneers is the plural of harpooneer.

Meaning of harpooneer

Noun

harpooneer (plural harpooneers)

  1. 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

Questions about harpooneers

What is harpooneers the plural of?
Harpooneers is the plural of harpooneer.

Words near harpooneers in the dictionary

  1. harpoon gun
  2. harpoon guns
  3. harpoonable
  4. harpooned
  5. harpooneer
  6. harpooneers
  7. harpooner
  8. harpooners
  9. harpooning
  10. harpoonings
  11. harpoonless

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