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spectioneer

spectioneer is the alternative form of specksioneer.

Meaning of specksioneer

Noun

specksioneer (plural specksioneers)

  1. (dated, historical) A chief harpooner, who also directs in cutting up the speck, or blubber, of the whale.

Forms of spectioneer

pluralspectioneers

Questions about spectioneer

What is spectioneer the alternative form of?
Spectioneer is the alternative form of specksioneer.

Words near spectioneer in the dictionary

  1. spectinamide
  2. spectinamides
  3. specting
  4. spectinomycin
  5. spectinomycins
  6. spectioneer
  7. spectioneers
  8. Spector
  9. Spectors
  10. spectra
  11. spectrahedra

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spectioneer (page history and authors); specksioneer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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