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HARPOONER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does harpooner mean?
• HARPOONER (noun)
The noun HARPOONER has 1 sense:
1. someone who launches harpoons
Familiarity information: HARPOONER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who launches harpoons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
harpooneer; harpooner
Hypernyms ("harpooner" is a kind of...):
skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)
Derivation:
harpoon (spear with a harpoon)
Context examples
Peter Carey was master of the Sea Unicorn, and I was spare harpooner.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Harpooner?
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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