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harpooner en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From harpoon + -er.

Meanings

1. A person who uses a harpoon, especially to hunt whales.
   • Y.T. laughs. So does Raven. "What's your job?" Y.T. asks. "I'm a harpooner," he says. 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 322:

Forms

Translations (24)

es arponero (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · cs harpunář (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · ru гарпунщик (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · hy որսատեգավոր (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · ka მებარჯე (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · de Harpunier (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · hy հարպունավոր (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · fi harppunoija (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · sh harpunar (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · fr harponneur (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · ru гарпунёр (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · pl harpunnik (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · gl arpoador (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · ca arponer (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · eu arpoilari (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · nl harpoenier (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · it fiocinatore (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · egy ms-n:nw*W-T19-A1 (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · pl harpuniarz (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · sv harpunerare (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · mi kairāti (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · pt arpoador (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · tr zıpkıncı (someone who hunts with a harpoon) · egy i-A-W:t- (someone who hunts with a harpoon)