First principal character encountered by Ishmael in "Moby-Dick" Crossword Clue
8 letters · New York Times · Friday, September 8, 2017 · 20-Down
Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Friday, September 8, 2017.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · September 8, 2017 · 20-Down · 8 letters
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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”.
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