English

Pronunciation
(UK): IPA|/�weɪl�/, SAMPA|/"weIl@/
(US): AHD|w�ʹl�r, IPA|/�weɪl�/, SAMPA|/"weIl@`/
rhymes|eɪl�(r)

Homophones
wailer (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun
en-noun

1. A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.

#*1863: w:Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell|Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Sylvia's Lovers, v. - But o' Thursday t' Resolution, first whaler back this season, came in port.
#*1890: w:Century Illustrated Magazine|Century Illustrated Magazine, XL, 511 - For a whaler's wife to have been "'round the Cape" half a dozen times, or even more, was nothing extraordinary.

1. slang One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size, a whopper, a whacker.
2. Australian English name given in Sydney to the shark Carcharias brachyurus Günth.
3. (Australian slang): a sundowner; one who cruises about.

#:1893: w:Sydney Morning Herald|Sydney Morning Herald, Aug. 12, 1893 - the nomad, "the whaler," it is who will find the new order hostile to his vested interest of doing nothing.

Derived terms
whaler's delight
whaler's language

Translations
trans-top|person or vessel involved in the industry
Italian: baleniere m
Portuguese: baleeiro m
trans-mid
Russian: ки�обой m
trans-bottom

References
R:Webster 1913
R:Century 1914
E. E. Morris, Australian English, 1898

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