whaler

n. one who hunts whales; ship for hunting whales

For other uses see whalers. A whaler (or whale catcher) is a specialized kind of ship, designed for catching whales. Whalers of the nineteenth century Moby Dick whaling era in the Pacific were often bark-rigged wooden sailing vessels of 250 to 350 tons, with a tryworks on board for processing the whale blubber into oil.
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Noun
1. a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales
(hypernym) mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog
(derivation) whale
2. a ship engaged in whale fishing
(synonym) whaling ship
(hypernym) ship
(hyponym) factory ship
(derivation) whale

(n.)
One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size.
  

(n.)
A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.
  

Synonyms and related words:
AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Neptune, OD, Poseidon, Varuna, able seaman, able-bodied seaman, angler, bluejacket, buccaneer, deep-sea man, dibber, dibbler, drift netter, drifter, fair-weather sailor, fisher, fisherman, guddler, hearty, jack, jack afloat, jack-tar, jacker, jacky, jigger, limey, lobsterman, mariner, matelot, navigator, pirate, piscator, piscatorialist, piscatorian, privateer, sailor, salt, sea dog, sea rover, seafarer, seafaring man, seaman, shipman, tar, the compleat angler, trawler, troller, viking, water dog, windjammer, windsailor