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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)
- A person in the business of navigating ships or other vessels
- Someone knowledgeable in the practical management of ships.
- A member of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.
- 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
- 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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shipman
English
Etymology
From Middle English schipman, from Old English scipmann (“shipman, mariner, sailor, rower; one who goes on trading voyages; pirate”), equivalent to ship +? -man. Cognate with Icelandic skipmaður, skipamaður (“shipman”).
Noun
shipman (plural shipmen)
- A seaman or sailor; a mariner.
- (obsolete) The master of a ship; shiplord.
- A labourer on a ship.
Anagrams
- -manship, Manship, manship, shimpan
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