Definition of "whale-hunter" [whale-hunter]

• A whaleman. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Who, but no less a prince than Alfred the Great, who, with his own royal pen, took down the words from Other, the Norwegian whale-hunter of those times!"
• "Kings, I must not conceal that I have only to do with a poor old whale-hunter like him; and, therefore, all outward majestical trappings and housings are denied me."
• "POTTER (voice-over): In fact, Benson Resford is not only a whale-hunter, he's chairman of Kaktovic's Village corporation, an Eskimo corporation that owns 92,000 acres of coastal tundra, which Resford wants to develop."