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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Whaler \Whal"er\, noun A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Whaler \Whal"er\, noun One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size. [Colloq. U. S.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
whaler
noun
1: a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales
2: a ship engaged in whale fishing [syn: {whaling ship}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "whaler": AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Neptune, OD, Poseidon, Varuna, able seaman, able-bodied seaman, angler, bluejacket, buccaneer, deep-sea man, dibber, dibbler, drift netter, drifter, fair-weather sailor, fisher, fisherman, guddler, hearty, jack, jack afloat, jack-tar, jacker, jacky, jigger, limey, lobsterman, mariner, matelot, navigator, pirate, piscator, piscatorialist, piscatorian, privateer, sailor, salt, sea dog, sea rover, seafarer, seafaring man, seaman, shipman, tar, the compleat angler, trawler, troller, viking, water dog, windjammer, windsailor
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