Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
harpooner .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An harpooner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
harpooner .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who launches harpoons
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word harpooneer.
Examples
-
According to the invariable usage of the fishery, the whale-boat pushes off from the ship, with the headsman or whale-killer as temporary steersman, and the harpooneer or whale-fastener pulling the foremost oar, the one known as the harpooneer-oar.
-
According to the invariable usage of the fishery, the whale-boat pushes off from the ship, with the headsman or whale-killer as temporary steersman, and the harpooneer or whale-fastener pulling the foremost oar, the one known as the harpooneer-oar.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
-
According to the invariable usage of the fishery, the whale-boat pushes off from the ship, with the headsman or whale-killer as temporary steersman, and the harpooneer or whale-fastener pulling the foremost oar, the one known as the harpooneer-oar.
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
-
According to the invariable usage of the fishery, the whale-boat pushes off from the ship, with the headsman or whale-killer as temporary steersman, and the harpooneer or whale-fastener pulling the foremost oar, the one known as the harpooneer-oar.
-
"Oh, no," said he, looking a sort of diabolically funny, "the harpooneer is a dark complexioned chap. He never eats dumplings, he don't -- he eats nothing but steaks, and he likes 'em rare."
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
-
"Oh, no," said he, looking a sort of diabolically funny, "the harpooneer is a dark complexioned chap. He never eats dumplings, he don't -- he eats nothing but steaks, and he likes 'em rare."
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
-
'Oh, no, 'said he, looking a sort of diabolically funny,' the harpooneer is a dark complexioned chap. He never eats dumplings, he don't -- he eats nothing but steaks, and likes 'em rare. '
-
“Oh, no,” said he, looking a sort of diabolically funny, “the harpooneer is a dark complexioned chap. He never eats dumplings, he don’t — he eats nothing but steaks, and he likes ‘em rare.”
-
No fair looking it up Now what was the name of the tattooed indian harpooneer in Moby Dick
ConFicker 2009
-
No fair looking it up Now what was the name of the tattooed indian harpooneer in Moby Dick
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.