flenser

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noun

One who flenses (cuts blubber from a whale carcass)

OriginDanish flense ← Dutch vlensen ← Proto-Germanic *flintaz- →
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Meanings

nounflenser (plural flensers)

plural flensers

  1. One who flenses (cuts blubber from a whale carcass)

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*splind-“to split, cleave”
  2. Proto-Germanic*flintaz-
  3. Dutchvlensen
  4. Danishflense
  5. Englishflenser

From Danish flense or Dutch vlensen, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *flintaz-, from Proto-Indo-European *splind- (“to split, cleave”), from *(s)plei- (“to split”)..

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Translations

German Flenser
  • Flenserone who flenses

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with flenser

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Anagrams

fresnelFlesner
Cite this entry
APA

flenser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flenser

MLA

“flenser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flenser. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flenser,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flenser.

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