whaler
/ˈweɪlɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: whaleman"
- "For a whaler's wife to have been “ 'round the Cape” half a dozen times, or even more, was nothing extraordinary."
- "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."
- "The whalers brought a new way of life. They brought a chance for travel. Many Chamorros traveled to London and the United States. Over eight hundred Chamorro whalers settled in Honolulu."
- "The brewing conflict between locals and the whalers prompted then-sheriff Ari Magnússon to draw up a decree that allowed Basques to be killed with impunity in the district."
- "Near-synonym: whaleship"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈweɪlɚ/
- British English: /ˈweɪlə/