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seiner

noun

Definition of seiner

as in whaler

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Recent Examples of seiner The ships use purse seiner nets and demersal trawlers, destroying the coral underneath and, consequently, the habitat for fish. — Nicole Tung, NPR, 18 Apr. 2026 Take a scenic cruise along Harbor Drive, where tuna seiners once tied up. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023 Above the seiner, a seaplane soars towards the coastal mountains rising up and fading into the distant mist. — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2023 The Western Flyer, a 77-foot purse seiner built of old-growth Douglas fir in 1937, has outlasted nearly all its contemporaries, despite its sinkings. — Smithsonian, 22 Aug. 2019 Ellenbogen and a team of scientists observed the tuna being caught by large purse seiner fishing boats from Turkey, France, Spain, and Italy among other countries, with some illegally using spotter planes to locate the fish. — Rebecca Horne, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2010

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Noun

Shackleton purchased a wooden Norwegian whaler, Foca I, which his wife Emily renamed Quest.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
While en route to ship out on a Nantucket whaler, Ishmael spends a night at New Bedford’s Spouter-Inn, a night which quickly takes on the semblance of stage farce.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026

Definition of whaler

Noun

One day later, another incident occurred in the evening involving a whaleboat that caught fire and capsized near the province’s Lukolela territory, AP, Al Jazeera and Sky News said, citing Congo’s humanitarian affairs ministry.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
And since each ship carried three to five whaleboats, the amount of rope needed just to conduct whaling operations on one whaleship was as much as ten thousand feet.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025

Definition of whaleboat

Noun

Axios reporter Barak Ravid posted a photo on X of the banker, Antoun Sehnaoui, sitting at a restaurant table with Netanyahu and his wife, Sara.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Successful business owners understand the value of surrounding themselves with experts in their fields — whether that's an accountant, attorney, banker, HR professional, or marketing partner.

— Steven Beagelman, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of banker

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From time to time, Li Shan would offer Noe a sum impressive to a fisherman to sail his lugger—a forty-foot vessel made for the shallower waters of home into the Gulf to meet a ship bound for New Orleans.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
The excess metal goes into roll off boxes or lugger boxes at the customer's factory.

— Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 3 July 2025

Definition of lugger

Noun

Stroll around the wharf and its eclectic businesses, or get out on the water with whale watching expeditions, sailing cruises, fishing and lobstering tours, and day trips and ferry rides to explore Casco Bay and its stunning islands.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 July 2026
The district is less than two hours from the capital of San José through paved highways or a ferry, with small plane options available.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 July 2026

Definition of ferry

Noun

Earlier this year, the Bandero collided with an industrial krill trawler in Antarctica in what the ship’s Norwegian owner said was a deliberate attack that endangered its crew and could have caused an environmental disaster.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
As the trawler floated around Lake Jesup, the hose sucked in thousands of gallons of the murky beige-and-green water, and siphoned it into a holding tank.

— Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026

Definition of trawler

Noun

The price tag on working gillnetters can be as low as ten grand for an out-of-repair fiberglass Rawson or as much as $400,000 for a fancy new aluminum drift boat with full refrigeration.

— John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2018
In Puget Sound, gillnetter Pete Knutson competes against 70-foot purse seiners that are usually corporate-owned.

— Richard Adams Carey, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2018

Definition of gillnetter

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