Meanings
plural sealhunters
- alternativeAlternative form of seal-hunter.
In the igloo the Eskimo wife awaits the sealhunter lost on the pack.
1976, Antaeus, page 462 more examples
He promised his parents that he would watch over him as if he were his own son, and would make a clever whalefisher and sealhunter of him.
1897, A. V. B., Three Indian Tales, page 55Non-hunters, for example, comment that it is possible to discuss the situation of sealhunting without being a sealhunter oneself (e.g.; At. 1863; col. 328).
1998, Études - Inuit - studies - Volumes 22-23, page 91
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