Usually means: Operator of spear for whaling.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word harpooner:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. harpooner: Merriam-Webster
  2. harpooner: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. harpooner: Collins English Dictionary
  4. harpooner: Vocabulary.com
  5. harpooner: Wordnik
  6. harpooner: Wiktionary
  7. Harpooner, harpooner: Dictionary.com
  8. Harpooner (ship), Harpooner: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Harpooner: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. harpooner: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. harpooner: Rhymezone
  12. Harpooner: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. harpooner: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. harpooner: FreeDictionary.org
  15. harpooner: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. Harpooner: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. harpooner: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. harpooner: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (harpooner)

▸ noun:  A person who uses a harpoon, especially to hunt whales

Similar:
harpooneer, harpoon gun, whale-fisher, whaler, whaleboater, whalefisher, whale fisher, whaleship, specksioneer, toggle iron, more...

Opposite:
whale, prey, non-hunter

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Similar:
harpooneer, harpoon gun, whale-fisher, whaler, whaleboater, whalefisher, whale fisher, whaleship, specksioneer, toggle iron, more...

Opposite:
whale, prey, non-hunter



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