Definition of "whalemen" []

• Plural form of whaleman. (noun)

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• "And on the shores of the frozen sea he chases the whalemen from the Eskimo villages even to their ships which lie far out from the coast, locked in the grip of the ice-pack."
• "Falling whale parts threatened to kill them at any time, as they did the whalemen with whom the scientists worked side by side; every so often, a gassy carcass would explode or violently expel an automobile-size fetus."
• "The crew of the Essex were whalemen simply trying to make a living when they were attacked by an 85-foot whale."