harpooneer

Etymology

From harpoon + -eer.

harpooneer means A harpooner, one who uses a harpoon to hunt whales. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.

noun

A harpooner, one who uses a harpoon to hunt whales.“To all this I joyously assented; for besides the affection I now felt for Queequeg, he was an experienced harpooneer, and as such, could not fail to be of great usefulness to one, who, like me, was wholly ignorant of the mysteries of whaling, though well acquainted with the sea, as known to merchant seamen.”