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Definition of whaler:

(n) : a vessel or person employed in the whale fishery; one who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size, a whopper, a whacker
"1863: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Sylvia's Lovers, v. - But o' Thursday t' Resolution, first whaler back this season, came in port."
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Definition of whaler:

(n) : a vessel or person employed in the whale fishery; one who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size, a whopper, a whacker
"1863: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Sylvia's Lovers, v. - But o' Thursday t' Resolution, first whaler back this season, came in port."

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