sailor
Meaning
- A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.
- A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.
- 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.
- A stiff straw hat with a flat, circular brim and a low, flat crown.
- 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.
Synonyms
navy man
sailor boy
jack tar
sea folk
blue coat
deck-hand
Jack-tar
Translations
marin
marinaio
Seemann
marinero
marinheiro
zeeman
nauta
mariner
ναύτηςFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈseɪ.lɚ/
Etymology
In summary
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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