harpooneer
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- noun
- /ˌhɑːr.pəˈnɪr/
- Archaic
:
arpón
- But often in the mayhem of the chase, the harpooneer can only get off one throw and must dump the second harpoon into the water, lest it cause jeopardy to the boat's crew.
- mates and harpooneers
Examples
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Landlord, which is the harpooneer I'm to sleep with tonight?
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"Ideally, the harpooneer throws both harpoons into the whale.
Blog text (13) -
Drink here, harpooneers... drink and swear.
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Queequeg was our first harpooneer.
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A boy harpooneer.
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You ain't no objections to sharing a harpooneer's bed with him, have you?
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Harpooneers, get your weapons.
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His use of pathos is directed at the crew, especially the emotional, unreasoning pagan harpooneers.
Academic text (1997) -
As for eunoia, Ahab's praise of the harpooneers and Starbuck, and his offer of the doubloon and grog to the men, certainly suggest his benevolence and his goodwill toward his crew.
Academic text (1997) -
The harpooneer skillfully threw the harpoon at the whale from the boat.
Synonyms
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A person who hunts whales to sell them for money
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A person who throws a long spear to catch whales and other large sea animals
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A person who hunts whales or works on a ship that catches whales
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Harpooneer comes from harpoon, a long hooked spear once called 'harpon' in French, plus the ending -eer, which means 'one who does' and appears in volunteer. So a harpooneer is the person who throws or operates a harpoon on a whale hunt.