Greenlandman

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noun

A whaling ship, normally operating in the North Atlantic.

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Meanings

nounGreenlandman (plural Greenlandmen)

plural Greenlandmen

  1. historicalA whaling ship, normally operating in the North Atlantic.

    In the year 1779, Ten guineas, being the Premium offered for an account of taking Whales by the Gun Harpoon, was adjudged to Captain Humphrey Foord of the Mancheſter Greenlandman[.]

    1784, Joseph Mace et al., “A summary account of rewards bestowed by the Society, from the year MDCCLXXV to the year MDCCLXXXII, inclusive”, in Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, volume 2, page 214
  2. archaicA male Greenlander.

Origin

From Greenland + -man.

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APA

Greenlandman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greenlandman

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“Greenlandman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greenlandman. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Greenlandman,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Greenlandman.

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