1. Queequeg - Noun
2. Queequeg - Proper noun
Queequeg
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”.
Queequeg (plural Queequegs)
A person, fictional character, or other foil who literally or symbolically fulfills one or more of the roles Queequeg played in Moby-Dick such as the noble savage, Entwicklungsroman guru or exemplar, or racially-inflected spear carrier role.
Although Ishmael initially is afraid of Queequeg as a tattooed cannibal, he soon decides, "Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian." Source: Internet
Ahab tempers the barb in blood from Queequeg, Tashtego, and Daggoo. Source: Internet
Now Queequeg proposes that his superfluous coffin be used as a new life buoy. Source: Internet
Queequeg dives after him and frees his mate with his sword. Source: Internet
Taylor's notes from the early production in July 1993 describe the character as "First Officer – a human native American male, a ' Queequeg ' person who has renounced Earth and lives as an expatriate on another planet. Source: Internet
The carcass sinks, and Queequeg barely manages to escape. Source: Internet