One who whales (flogs or beats).
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One who hunts whales; any person employed in the whaling industry.
For a '''whaler's''' wife to have been “ 'round the Cape” half a dozen times, or even more, was nothing extraordinary.
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(nautical) A seagoing vessel used for hunting whales.
Whalers have always overexploited their stocks, driving them to commercial extinction.American whalers, operating at first from the coast and later in sea-going boats, took about 200 000 right whales in addition to humpbacks and grays.
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