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Definition of Harpooner
1. Noun. Someone who launches harpoons.
Generic synonyms: Skilled Worker, Skilled Workman, Trained Worker
Derivative terms: Harpoon, Harpoon
Definition of Harpooner
1. n. One who throws the harpoon.
Definition of Harpooner
1. Noun. A person who uses a harpoon, especially to hunt whales ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Harpooner
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harpooner
Literary usage of Harpooner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Rosamond to Newfoundland and the Southern Coast by Edward Chappell (1818)
"ACCOUNT OF THE WRECK OF THE TRANSPORT, harpooner, Near Cape Pine, ... in all 380,
embarked on board the ship harpooner, Joseph Briant, Master; ..."
2. Ocean Scenes, Or, The Perils and Beauties of the Deep: Being Interesting (1855)
"THE harpooner TRANSPORT. The ship still driving over the rocks, her masts were
cut away, by which some men were carried overboard. ..."
3. Friends' Review: A Religious, Literary and Miscellaneous Journal edited by Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads (1851)
"The harpooner says nothing ; he is a very silent fellow ; but woe to the ...
Yet the harpooner seems cool and unmoved as ever ; he holds the harpoon, ..."
4. Seasons with the Sea-horses; Or, Sporting Adventures in the Northern Seas by James Lamont (1861)
"Become my own harpooner.— Glacier with detached Moraine. WE now attempted to beat
to the NE against both wind and current, with the intention of resuming ..."
5. Journal of a Voyage to Greenland, in the Year 1821: With Graphic Illustrations by George William Manby (1823)
"... from one of which, by some mismanagement, the harpooner made an ineffectual
throw, which frightened away the whales, and they were seen no more. ..."
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