Home › Words › W › whalesmanwhalesmanwhalesman · noun — one who hunts whales; a whaler.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom whales + -man.nounOne who hunts whales; a whaler.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.whaling 70% match — The practice of hunting whales. vs whalesman →whaleboater 69% match — Someone who travels by whaleboat vs whalesman →whaleling 68% match — A small or young whale. vs whalesman →wharfman 65% match — A man who works on a wharf. vs whalesman →whalefish 65% match — A whale. vs whalesman →whalish 63% match — Resembling or characteristic of a whale. vs whalesman →nonwhaling 63% match — Not whaling; that doesn't hunt whales. vs whalesman →greenlandman 62% match — A whaling ship, normally operating in the North Atlantic. vs whalesman →