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# whaler

noun (a whaler, whalers)

«whaler» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A ship used for hunting whales. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whaler/#m1)
2. A person who hunts whales, especially on such a ship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whaler/#m2)
3. A whaleboat, a long narrow rowing boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whaler/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in history and stories, such as "Moby-Dick". Whalers once hunted whales for oil, meat and bone. Today most countries have banned commercial whaling to protect whales, though a few countries still allow some. In history and geography lessons, places like Nantucket (USA) and Hobart (Australia) were whaling ports. Phrases: "an old whaler", "whaler's harpoon".

### Examples

- The old whaler sailed from Nantucket in 1840. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whaler/#x1)
- The whalers rowed out with their harpoons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whaler/#x2)
- Today most countries protect whales from whalers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whaler/#x3)
- In the museum we saw a whaler's harpoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whaler/#x4)
- Captain Ahab in "Moby-Dick" is a whaler. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whaler/#x5)
- The whaler came home after three years at sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whaler/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a whaler, whalers. Homophone trap: "whaler" and "wailer" (someone wailing) sound alike. Whaling is the activity; a whaler is the ship or the person.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «whaler» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whaler/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«whaler» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/whaler.html) on Mova free.