sailor
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Definition of sailor
7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.
“He's a talented sailor and has spent many years at sea.”
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noun
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A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.
“He's a talented sailor and has spent many years at sea.”
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A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.
“Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, […] naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several states on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter.”
“Mary is a sailor dreaming of northern shores lost galleons on the sea Mary ever on her way”
“Another sailor was taken into custody.”
- A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Neptis, Pseudoneptis and Phaedyma, having white markings on a dark base and commonly flying by gliding.
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A stiff straw hat with a flat, circular brim and a low, flat crown.
“Straw Sailors. Children's large-leaf straw sailors, in new shapes, smooth or rough straw . Sizes 6 to 64. 80c, $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00. Milan sailors in new, large shapes, with white or cream ribbon.”
“[…]the trade that was done for some year in sailors for ladies. […] Developments of a fancifu nature in the brim formation in the direction of what is known as a "Breton" sailor, of which the characteristic is a slightly upturned edge, were the first to be made, […] But to-day, with the exception of straw sailors for girls and young ladies at school, there is very little demand for hats of this description.”
- A brick, for example in a course of brickwork, that is laid vertically on its shortest end (smallest face), with its widest face facing the outside of the wall.
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Alteration of earlier sailer, from Middle English sailer, sayler, saylere, equivalent to sail + -or. Cognate with German Segler (“sailor”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English marinel, marynell (“sailor”) borrowed from Old French marinel (“sailor”). See mariner.
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