sailors

[SailĀ·or]

A sailor is someone who works on a boat or ship either for fun, a job, or while serving in the navy. If you want to be a sailor, it's good to start by learning to swim.

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One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.

Noun
a stiff straw hat with a flat crown

Noun
a serviceman in the navy

Noun
any member of a ship''s crew


n.
One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.


Sailor

Sail"or , n. One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman. Syn. -- Mariner; seaman; seafarer. Sailor's choice. (Zo'94l.) (a) An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus, ∨ Lagodon, rhomboides) of the Southern United States; -- called also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail, and salt-water bream. (b) A species of grunt (Orthopristis, ∨ Pomadasys, chrysopterus), an excellent food fish, common on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also hogfish, and pigfish.

One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.

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Usage Examples

Although as a sailor I despised politics - for I loved my sailor's life and still love it today - conditions forced me to take up a definite attitude towards political problems.

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.

I've always looked the same. Since I was a child, I hated having to deal with my hair. I hated having to change my clothes. As a kid, I had a sailor shirt and the same old corduroy pants, and that's what I wanted to wear everyday.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

As I've grown - dare I say it - older, I had hopes of indulging my dreams of being a sailor.

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.

It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.

A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.

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