whaler

1. (nautical) A seagoing vessel used for hunting whales.Examples: "But o' Thursday t' Resolution, first whaler back this season, came in port."; "Making myself at home with him, I desired to know what brought him so far from the "big smoke," and on board a whaler of all places in the world."; "The log of the Emily Morgan, an American whaler that visited Guam many times, described Spanish control:[…]."

2. (slang) A large, strong person.slang

3. (slang) Something of unusually great size, a whopper, a whacker.slang

4. (Australia) Any shark of the family Carcharhinidae; a requiem shark.Examples: "The whalers (or requiem sharks) are one of the largest and best known family of sharks. Worldwide there are 48 species in 12 genera. However, relatively few species are on the Great Barrier Reef."; "2003, Mark Thornley, Veda Dante, Peter Wilson, Action Guide: Surfing Australia, Tuttle Publishing, HK, page 264, The whaler shark family, which includes the grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos),silvertip (Carcharhinus albimarginatus), bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) and bronze whaler (Carcharhinus brachyurus) are fast moving, territorial and have bitten divers snd surfers in the past."; "You can also take a dip with lemon, whaler and other nonpredatory sharks."Australia

5. (Australia, slang, dated) A sundowner; one who cruises about.Examples: "the nomad, “the whaler,” it is who will find the new order hostile to his vested interest of doing nothing."Australiadatedslang