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whalefishers

whalefishers is the plural of whalefisher.

Meaning of whalefisher

Noun

whalefisher (plural whalefishers)

  1. A whaling ship.
    • For a Greenlander of Disko-bay, who had been with a whalefisher to Amsterdam, and came back this year, spread a rumour, that next spring many ships would come and kill all the Europeans, and all the Greenlanders too that they met with among them.1767, David Cranz, The History of Greenland, page 293

Questions about whalefishers

What is whalefishers the plural of?
Whalefishers is the plural of whalefisher.

Words near whalefishers in the dictionary

  1. whalefall
  2. whalefalls
  3. whalefeed
  4. whalefish
  5. whalefisher
  6. whalefishers
  7. whalefishes
  8. whalehead
  9. whaleheads
  10. whalehide
  11. whalehides

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