单词 | whale-hunter |
释义 | > as lemmaswhale-hunter whale-hunter n. (cf. Old English hwælhunta). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > whaling > whale-hunter > [noun] whale-hunter1598 whale-killer1613 whale-striker1613 whaler1684 whaleman1704 whalefisherman1724 whale-fisher1773 sperm-whaler1834 whalermana1894 1598 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 4 He was come as far towards the North, as commonly the whale hunters vse to trauell. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xvi. 82 Some of these same Quakers are the most sanguinary of all sailors and whale-hunters. < as lemmas |
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