sailor
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See also: Sailor
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- sailour (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈseɪlɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈseɪlə/
- Hyphenation: sail‧or
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
sailor (plural sailors)
- A person in the business of navigating ships or other vessels
- Someone knowledgeable in the practical management of ships.
- He's a talented sailor and has spent many years at sea.
- A member of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.
- 2008, Cécile Corbel (lyrics and music), “Mary”, in Songbook vol. 2[1] (CD), Brittany: Keltia Musique, performed by Cécile Corbel:
- Mary is a sailor
dreaming of northern shores
lost galleons on the sea
Mary ever on her way
- A person who sails sailing boats as a sport or recreation.
- Coordinate term: yachtsman
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Neptis, Pseudoneptis and Phaedyma, having white markings on a dark base and commonly flying by gliding.
Synonyms[edit]
- See Thesaurus:sailor
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
worker on a ship, seaman, seawoman
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person who sails as a sport
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