"hvalfanger" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Norwegian Bokmål]

Forms: hvalfangeren [definite, singular], hvalfangere [indefinite, plural], hvalfangerne [definite, plural], kvalfanger [alternative]
Etymology: From hval + fanger. Etymology templates: {{af|nb|hval|fanger}} hval + fanger Head templates: {{nb-noun-m2}} hvalfanger m (definite singular hvalfangeren, indefinite plural hvalfangere, definite plural hvalfangerne)
  1. a whaler (person engaged in whaling) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-hvalfanger-nb-noun-5q8MCp1D Categories (other): Occupations, Watercraft, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6
  2. a whaler (vessel used for hunting whales) Tags: masculine Synonyms (vessel): hvalbåt
    Sense id: en-hvalfanger-nb-noun-sXYJI8aW Disambiguation of 'vessel': 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hvalfangst, kvalfangar [Nynorsk]

Inflected forms

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      },
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From hval + fanger.",
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      "form": "hvalfangeren",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
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    },
    {
      "form": "hvalfangere",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hvalfangerne",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "kvalfanger",
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  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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    },
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      ],
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    }
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          "name": "Occupations",
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        },
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          "sense": "vessel",
          "word": "hvalbåt"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hvalfanger"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hvalfangerne",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "hvalfangst"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Nynorsk"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
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        "nb:Watercraft"
      ],
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        "a whaler (person engaged in whaling)"
      ],
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      "sense": "vessel",
      "word": "hvalbåt"
    }
  ],
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}

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