Source Word
Queequeg
Proper noun
A
fictional
sidekick
character
in
American
author
Herman
Melville's
1851
novel
Moby-Dick,
the
multiracial
tattooed
Polynesian
cannibal
prince
and
skilled
harpooner
who
became
a
whaler
on
European
vessels
out
of
wanderlust.
Queequeg
practices
an
alien
fictional
religion
and
constantly
engages
in
feats
of
bravado
intimidating
to
the
white
and
ethnically-European
protagonist
but
befriends
him
and
shows
no
resentment
at
treatment
by
white
societies.
Melville's
text
describes
him
as
“George
Washington
cannibalistically
developed”.
Japanese Meaning
ハーマン・メルヴィル著『白鯨』に登場する架空のサイドキックキャラクター。 / タトゥーの施されたポリネシア出身のカニバル王子で、卓越した銛使いとして描かれる。 / 未知の宗教を信奉し、勇敢な行動で白人や欧州系の主人公に対し威圧と友情の両面を示す存在。
Sense（1）
A
fictional
sidekick
character
in
American
author
Herman
Melville's
1851
novel
Moby-Dick,
the
multiracial
tattooed
Polynesian
cannibal
prince
and
skilled
harpooner
who
became
a
whaler
on
European
vessels
out
of
wanderlust.
Queequeg
practices
an
alien
fictional
religion
and
constantly
engages
in
feats
of
bravado
intimidating
to
the
white
and
ethnically-European
protagonist
but
befriends
him
and
shows
no
resentment
at
treatment
by
white
societies.
Melville's
text
describes
him
as
“George
Washington
cannibalistically
developed”.
