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spouter en · NOUN

Etymology

From spout + -er.

Meanings

  1. Anything that spouts.
  2. Someone who rants or talks nonsense at length.
    • a spouter of hateful rhetoric
  3. (archaic) A whale that breathes by spouting; especially a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus).
  4. (historical) A vessel used in whaling.
    • Peter Edwards was bragging all around the little port about his boy, shanghaied off to sea on his first voyage and coming home skipper of a bung-full spouter. 1930, Captain Dingle, “In Conclusion” (chapter 34), in Seaworthy, Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, page 270:
  5. (historical, rare) A vessel used in whaling. ▸ A person engaged in whaling; a skillful whaler.

Forms

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Synonyms

whaler · whaleship · whaleboat · whaleboat · whaleship · whaler

Translations (1)

ga roiseálaí (someone who talks nonsense at length)