whaler in the PONS Dictionary

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From the early eighteenth century through the late 20th the species was a prime target of whalers.
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Some of its first actions were against whalers.
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Traders and/or whalers had recently visited the area.
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Whalers sometimes visited this part of the coast in the 1830s.
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The name, which probably was given by early whalers, dates back to at least 1912.
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Whalers brought in salted fish, which ultimately became lomi-lomi salmon.
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He bought his first whaler ship in 1971.
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It was probably named by early whalers or sealers who used the bay as an anchorage.
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Thus, by pulling the rope with a motor, the whalers can drag the whale back to their ship.
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However, his device was sabotaged by the whalers.
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