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seal hunter

• 1 a person taking part in the seal fishery.

  See also: ice-hunter  sealer ((1))  swiler  

  • 1832  . . . the hardy Newfoundland seal-hunters seem even to court those terribly sublime and hazardous adventures.
  • 1906  Think of a few of the "unnumbered hardships" of our friend the Newfoundland seal-hunter.

• 2 a ship engaged in hunting seals.

  See also: sealer ((1)) (def. 2)  

  • 1889  [Caption] Seal Hunter in Snow-Storm.