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sailor

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

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popeye

English

Alternative forms

  • pop-eye

Etymology

pop +? eye

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p?p.a?/

Noun

popeye (countable and uncountable, plural popeyes)

  1. (medicine) Exophthalmia.
  2. Coryphaenoides cinereus (syn. Macrurus cinereus), a deep sea fish.

Related terms

  • popeye blacksmelt

Dutch

Etymology

From E. C. Segar's fictional cartoon character.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p?p?i/
  • Hyphenation: po?peye

Noun

popeye m (plural popeyes, diminutive popeyetje n)

  1. a short, strong man

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