harpooner

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English harpoon

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English harpooner

From harpoon + -er.

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Noun

harpooner (plural harpooners)

1. A person who uses a harpoon, especially to hunt whales.
   • 1961, Tom Mead, Killers of Eden, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 21:

     The bow harpooner was more commonly called the boat-steerer.

   • 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 322:

     Y.T. laughs. So does Raven.
     "What's your job?" Y.T. asks.
     "I'm a harpooner," he says.

Translations

someone who hunts with a harpoon

• Armenian: հարպունավոր (harpunavor), որսատեգավոր (hy) (orsategavor)
• Basque: arpoilari
• Catalan: arponer m
• Czech: harpunář m
• Dutch: harpoenier (nl) m
• Egyptian: (jꜣwtj m), (msnw m)
• Finnish: harppunoija
• French: harponneur (fr) m
• Galician: arpoador (gl) m
• Georgian: მებარჯე (mebarǯe)
• German: Harpunier (de) m
• Italian: fiocinatore m
• Māori: kairāti
• Polish: harpunnik (pl) m, harpuniarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: arpoador (pt) m
• Russian: гарпунщик (ru) m (garpunščik), гарпунёр (ru) m (garpunjór)
• Serbo-Croatian: harpunar (sh) m
• Spanish: arponero (es) m
• Swedish: harpunerare (sv) c
• Turkish: zıpkıncı