Greenlandman

English Etymology From en Greenland man. Noun Greenlandmen en historical A whaling ship, normally operating in the North Atlantic. en 1784 Joseph Mace et al. A summary account of rewards bestowed by the Society, from the year MDCCLXXV to the year MDCCLXXXII, inclusive Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce http://www.jstor.org/stable/41321881 2 214 In the year 1779, Ten guineas, being the Premium offered for an account of taking Whales by the Gun Harpoon, was adjudged to Captain Humphrey Foord of the Mancheſter Greenlandman[.] en archaic A male Greenlander. en Demonyms