Harpooner
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
One who throws a harpoon.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
One who throws the harpoon.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A person who uses a
harpoon
, especially to hunt whales
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noun.
someone who launches harpoons
Word Usage
"I knew again only that I was very thirsty, and before my swimming eyes, in mid-air and close up, dangled the sanded tongue of the harpooner."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
skilled worker
skilled workman
trained worker
Same Context
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