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Whaleman

Whaleman

9.9
A last name that some people and families have
  • proper noun
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  • In this same New Bedford, there stands a Whaleman 's Chapel... and few are the fishermen shortly bound for the Indian Ocean or Pacific... who fail to visit there.

Examples

  • Hayden has been a global force for the Whaleman Foundation's initiative to protect marine life.

  • The Whaleman Foundation is an oceanic research, conservation, and production organization dedicated to preserving and protecting dolphins, whales, and their ocean habitats.

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  • Hayden has been a global force for the Whaleman Foundation's Save the Whales Again! campaign.

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  • Whaleman is accomplishing all of this via the Save the Whales Again!

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  • The Whaleman Foundation is dedicated to conserving ocean habitats and their biodiversity.

  • In New Bedford, there is a famous Whaleman's Chapel, often visited by fishermen before their voyages.

Surface Forms

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Morphology

Whaleman = whale + man (semi-transparent) = whale + man

Formally a clear compound of 'whale' + 'man', but as a surname the lexical meaning is not a productive, compositional noun and is used as an inherited family name.

Etymology

The word Whaleman comes from two English words, whale and man, which mean 'whale' and 'person'. It likely began as a name for a job for someone who hunted or worked with whales, so the family name remembers that work, like the name Fisher remembers someone who fished.