Definition of "whaler" []

• One that hunts or processes whales. (noun)
• A whaling ship. (noun)
• A whaleboat. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "In the pictures here were it a normal circumstance, the whaler is the give way vessel."
• "The whaler was the worst offender in a dirty business."
• "The iceberg Lincoln had mistaken for a whaler was a flat-top, a mile long."