whaler, whaling ship
(noun) a ship engaged in whale fishing
whaler
(noun) a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales
Source: WordNet® 3.1
whaler (plural whalers)
One who hunts whales; a person employed in the whaling industry.
A seagoing vessel used for hunting whales.
One who whales (flogs or beats).
(slang) A large, strong person.
(slang) Something of unusually great size, a whopper, a whacker.
(Australia) Any shark of the family Carcharhinidae; a requiem shark.
(Australian slang, dated) A sundowner; one who cruises about.
• Wahler
Source: Wiktionary
Whal"er, n.
Definition: A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.
Whal"er, n.
Definition: One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size. [Colloq. U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
