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"etymology_text": "Composed of whale + -er. In sense 1, displaced Old English hwælhunta (literally “whale hunter”).",
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"ref": "1890, Century Illustrated Magazine, XL, 511",
"text": "For a whaler′s wife to have been “′round the Cape” half a dozen times, or even more, was nothing extraordinary.",
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"ref": "1986 June 5, Jeremy Cherfas, “What price whales?”, in New Scientist, page 36",
"text": "Whalers have always overexploited their stocks, driving them to commercial extinction.[…]American whalers, operating at first from the coast and later in sea-going boats, took about 200 000 right whales in addition to humpbacks and grays.",
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"ref": "2001, Lawrence J. Cunningham, Janice J. Beaty, A History of Guam, page 170",
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"code": "ast",
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"sense": "person who hunts whales",
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"word": "balleneru"
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"sense": "person who hunts whales",
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"sense": "person who hunts whales",
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"sense": "person who hunts whales",
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"sense": "person who hunts whales",
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"word": "chasseur de baleine"
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"sense": "person who hunts whales",
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"sense": "person who hunts whales",
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"sense": "person who hunts whales",
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"word": "Walfänger"
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"sense": "person who hunts whales",
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"word": "hvalveiðimaður"
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"sense": "person who hunts whales",
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"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"word": "kaipatu tohorā"
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"sense": "person who hunts whales",
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"word": "kvalfangar"
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"sense": "person who hunts whales",
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"word": "baleeiro"
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"sense": "person who hunts whales",
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"word": "китобо́й"
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"sense": "person who hunts whales",
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"word": "китоло́вац"
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"sense": "person who hunts whales",
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"word": "ballenero"
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"sense": "person who hunts whales",
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"word": "valfångare"
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"ref": "1863, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Sylvia′s Lovers, section V",
"text": "But o′ Thursday t′ Resolution, first whaler back this season, came in port.",
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"ref": "1995, Robert F. Rogers, Destiny′s Landfall: A History of Guam, page 98",
"text": "The log of the Emily Morgan, an American whaler that visited Guam many times, described Spanish control:[…].",
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"ref": "2001, Arabella McIntyre-Brown, Liverpool: The First 1,000 years, page 79",
"text": "But the Golden Lion was ambushed by a Naval frigate thinking that a whaler′s crew would be useful pressed men. The whaler′s crew didn′t agree, and there was a bloody skirmish on shore between the press gang and the crew of the Golden Lion which caused such a scandal that from then on whalers′ men were exempt from conscription.",
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"ref": "1997, John Ernest Randall, Gerald R Allen, Roger C. Steene, Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef, 2nd edition, page 17",
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"text": "2003, Mark Thornley, Veda Dante, Peter Wilson, Action Guide: Surfing Australia, Tuttle Publishing, HK, page 264,\nThe whaler shark family, which includes the grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos),silvertip (Carcharhinus albimarginatus), bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) and bronze whaler (Carcharhinus brachyurus) are fast moving, territorial and have bitten divers snd surfers in the past."
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"ref": "2008, Alan Murphy, Justin Flynn, Olivia Pozzan, Paul Harding, Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef, 5th edition, Lonely Planet, page 219",
"text": "You can also take a dip with lemon, whaler and other nonpredatory sharks.",
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"enpr": "wāʹlər"
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"expansion": "Old English hwælhunta (literally “whale hunter”)",
"name": "ncog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Composed of whale + -er. In sense 1, displaced Old English hwælhunta (literally “whale hunter”).",
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"ref": "1890, Century Illustrated Magazine, XL, 511",
"text": "For a whaler′s wife to have been “′round the Cape” half a dozen times, or even more, was nothing extraordinary.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1986 June 5, Jeremy Cherfas, “What price whales?”, in New Scientist, page 36",
"text": "Whalers have always overexploited their stocks, driving them to commercial extinction.[…]American whalers, operating at first from the coast and later in sea-going boats, took about 200 000 right whales in addition to humpbacks and grays.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2001, Lawrence J. Cunningham, Janice J. Beaty, A History of Guam, page 170",
"text": "The whalers brought a new way of life. They brought a chance for travel. Many Chamorros traveled to London and the United States. Over eight hundred Chamorro whalers settled in Honolulu.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"One who hunts whales; a person employed in the whaling industry."
]
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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"ref": "1863, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Sylvia′s Lovers, section V",
"text": "But o′ Thursday t′ Resolution, first whaler back this season, came in port.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1995, Robert F. Rogers, Destiny′s Landfall: A History of Guam, page 98",
"text": "The log of the Emily Morgan, an American whaler that visited Guam many times, described Spanish control:[…].",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2001, Arabella McIntyre-Brown, Liverpool: The First 1,000 years, page 79",
"text": "But the Golden Lion was ambushed by a Naval frigate thinking that a whaler′s crew would be useful pressed men. The whaler′s crew didn′t agree, and there was a bloody skirmish on shore between the press gang and the crew of the Golden Lion which caused such a scandal that from then on whalers′ men were exempt from conscription.",
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}
],
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"A seagoing vessel used for hunting whales."
],
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"seagoing",
"seagoing"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"One who whales (flogs or beats)."
],
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[
"whale",
"whale"
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]
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"English slang"
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"glosses": [
"A large, strong person."
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"slang"
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},
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"ref": "1997, John Ernest Randall, Gerald R Allen, Roger C. Steene, Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef, 2nd edition, page 17",
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{
"text": "2003, Mark Thornley, Veda Dante, Peter Wilson, Action Guide: Surfing Australia, Tuttle Publishing, HK, page 264,\nThe whaler shark family, which includes the grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos),silvertip (Carcharhinus albimarginatus), bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) and bronze whaler (Carcharhinus brachyurus) are fast moving, territorial and have bitten divers snd surfers in the past."
},
{
"ref": "2008, Alan Murphy, Justin Flynn, Olivia Pozzan, Paul Harding, Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef, 5th edition, Lonely Planet, page 219",
"text": "You can also take a dip with lemon, whaler and other nonpredatory sharks.",
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"Australia"
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"ref": "1893 August 12, Sydney Morning Herald",
"text": "the nomad, “the whaler,” it is who will find the new order hostile to his vested interest of doing nothing.",
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}
],
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}
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈweɪlɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhweɪlə/",
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"enpr": "wāʹlər"
},
{
"enpr": "hwāʹlər"
},
{
"enpr": "hwāʹlə"
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{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balleneru"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"word": "balezale"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kitolovec",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "китоловец"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balener"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "velrybář"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hvalfanger"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"word": "valaanpyytäjä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chasseur de baleine"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chasseuse de baleine"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baleeiro"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Walfänger"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Walfängerin"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "falainothíras",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "φαλαινοθήρας"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"word": "bálnavadász"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hvalveiðimaður"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baleniere"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kitolovec",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "китоловец"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"word": "kaipatu tohorā"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hvalfanger"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kvalfangar"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hwælhunta"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baleeiro"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kitobój",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "китобо́й"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "китоло́вац"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "kitolóvac"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ballenero"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "valfångare"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "valütifanan"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "valütihifanan"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "person who hunts whales",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "valütijifanan"
},
{
"code": "ast",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "balleneru"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"word": "baleontzi"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balener"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hvalfanger"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hvalbåd"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"word": "valaanpyyntialus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baleinier"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baleeiro"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "falainothirikó",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "φαλαινοθηρικό"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sfinat livyetanim",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "סְפִינַת לִוְיְתָנִים"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sfinat tseyd livyetanim",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "סְפִינַת צֵיד לִוְיְתָנִים"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"word": "bálnavadászhajó"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hvalveiðiskip"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hvalbátur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hvalveiðibátur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hvalskip"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "baleniera"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kitolovec",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "китоловец"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hvalfanger"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hvalbåt"
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kvalfangar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baleeiro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ballenero"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "valfångare"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"word": "valütanaf"
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{
"code": "vo",
"english": "older term",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"word": "valütenaf"
}
],
"word": "whaler"
}
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