different between sailor vs oilskin

English

Alternative forms

• sailour (obsolete)

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.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?se?l?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?se?l?/
• Hyphenation: sail?or
• Rhymes: -e?l?(?)

Noun

sailor (plural sailors)

1. A person in the business of navigating ships or other vessels
2. Someone knowledgeable in the practical management of ships.

3. A member of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.
4. A person who sails sailing boats as a sport or recreation.

   Coordinate term: yachtsman

5. 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

• See Thesaurus:sailor

Derived terms

• mouth of a sailor
• sailoress
• sailor-fish

Translations

See also

• sailor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• lascar

Anagrams

• Lorias, Losari, Solari

English

Etymology

oil +? skin

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /???l.sk?n/

Noun

oilskin (countable and uncountable, plural oilskins)

1. Cloth made from cotton and treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof.
2. A raincoat made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof.
3. (by extension) Foul-weather gear worn by sailors, whether of natural or synthetic materials.

Translations

Anagrams

• Nikolis