the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A man employed in the whale fishery.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who whales; a whaler; especially, one engaged in the actual capture of whales, as distinguished from another indirectly concerned in the industry.
Word Usage
"The spouter, as the sailors call a whaleman, had sent out his main top-gallant mast and set the sail, and made signal for us to heave to."