flenser

See also: Flenser

English

Etymology

From Danish flense or Dutch vlensen, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *flintaz-, from Proto-Indo-European *splind- (“to split, cleave”), from *(s)plei- (“to split”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnsə(ɹ)

Noun

flenser (plural flensers)

1. One who flenses (cuts blubber from a whale carcass)

Translations

one who flenses

• German: Flenser m

References

• “flenser” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “flense”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Fleners, Flesner, fresnel