Greenlandman noun2 •(historical) A whaling ship, normally operating in the North Atlantic.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[.] — 1784 •(no longer used) A male Greenlander. formsGreenlandmen
