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Meaning of whalesman | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

One who hunts whales; a whaler.

Examples

“The old whalesman was not long aboard before getting confirmed in his conjecture that the ship was the same whose boats had harpooned and “drogued” the cachalot', the carcass of which had been encountered by the Catamaran.”
“Take heed young whalesmen and listen to my word.”
“That's the distinction your heroic whalesman made about us fishermen, just because he thought the whale's brain enlightened the world while we brayed like asses about the hard life we led. So I say a whalesman is to a fisherman as a gold-digger is to a quarryman.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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