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sailor
noun
sailor suit
noun
Sinbad the Sailor
Jack Tar
noun
mariner
noun
seafarer
noun
hand
noun
sea
noun
submariner
noun
petty officer
noun
able seaman
noun
rating
noun
ordinary seaman
noun
sea dog
noun
veteran
noun
buccaneer
noun
seaman
noun
keelhaul
verb
Henry Morgan
Amerigo Vespucci
Definition of
sailor noun
from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
sailor
noun
ˈseɪlə(r)
ˈseɪlər
1
a person who works on a ship as a member of the
crew
2
a person who sails a boat
Idioms
a good/bad sailor
a person who rarely/often becomes sick at sea