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Definition of Harpooneer
1. Noun. Someone who launches harpoons.
Generic synonyms: Skilled Worker, Skilled Workman, Trained Worker
Derivative terms: Harpoon, Harpoon
Definition of Harpooneer
1. n. An harpooner.
Definition of Harpooneer
1. Noun. A harpooner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harpooneer
Literary usage of Harpooneer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of William Scoresby by Robert Edmund Scoresby- Jackson (1861)
"... IN GREENLAND—HOMEWARD VOYAGE—LOSS OP harpooneer—ARRIVAL AT LIVERPOOL—DEATH OP
HIS WIFE. 1823. THE whale, notwithstanding its incomparable magnitude and ..."
2. A Whaling Cruise to Baffin's Bay and the Gulf of Boothia: And an Account of by Albert Hastings Markham, Sherard Osborn (1874)
"2 It is also usual for the master to receive £i for every payable fish struck by
a dona fide harpooneer, and ^3 for those struck by a loose ..."
3. Sea Fishing by John Bickerdyke, William Senior, Alfred Harmsworth Northcliffe, Henry William Gore Booth (1895)
"The harpooneer will let go his oar, which swings alongside, fire his gun, ...
A rather smart thing was done by a harpooneer from Peterhead in a ship sailing ..."
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