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whalesmen

whalesmen is the plural of whalesman.

Meaning of whalesman

Noun

whalesman (plural whalesmen)

  1. One who hunts whales; a whaler.
    • The old whalesman was not long aboard before getting confirmed in his conjecture that the ship was the same whose boats had harpooned and “drogued” the cachalot', the carcass of which had been encountered by the Catamaran.1865, Mayne Reid, The Ocean Waifs: A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea, page 363

Questions about whalesmen

What is whalesmen the plural of?
Whalesmen is the plural of whalesman.

Words near whalesmen in the dictionary

  1. whalesharks
  2. whaleship
  3. whaleships
  4. whaleshit
  5. whalesman
  6. whalesmen
  7. whalesona
  8. whalesonas
  9. whalesong
  10. whalesongs
  11. whalespeak

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