Definition of "whaler" in Englisch

noun

1. One who hunts whales; a person employed in the whaling industry.

2. (nautical) A seagoing vessel used for hunting whales.

3. One who whales (flogs or beats).

4. (slang) A large, strong person.

5. (slang) Something of unusually great size, a whopper, a whacker.

6. (Australia) Any shark of the family Carcharhinidae; a requiem shark.

   • 2003, Mark Thornley, Veda Dante, Peter Wilson, Action Guide: Surfing Australia, Tuttle Publishing, HK, page 264, The whaler shark family, which includes the grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos),silvertip (Carcharhinus albimarginatus), bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) and bronze whaler (Carcharhinus brachyurus) are fast moving, territorial and have bitten divers snd surfers in the past.

7. (Australia, slang, dated) A sundowner; one who cruises about.