whaler

English Thesaurus

1. a ship engaged in whale fishing (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	ship,
definition	:	a vessel that carries passengers or freight (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	factory ship,
definition	:	a whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea (noun.artifact)

2. a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales (noun.person)

hypernym	:	gob, jack, jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar,
definition	:	a man who serves as a sailor (noun.person)

3. a ship engaged in whale fishing (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	whale, whale,
definition	:	hunt for whales (verb.competition)

derivation	:	whale, whale,
definition	:	hunt for whales (verb.competition)