different between sailor vs signoff

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

sign +? off, from the phrasal verb.

Noun

signoff (plural signoffs)

1. The act or process of signing off (approving with a signature).
2. The process of exiting a computer system; logoff.
   • 1980, University of Michigan Computing Center, Newsletter (volume 10, issues 1-21, page 5)

     Another problem stems from the fact that many different things can cause a user signoff. ln most cases, it is the issuance of the $SIGNOFF command, but there are other circumstances after which the system will force a user off […]

3. (bridge) A bid indicating that one's partner should pass.

Anagrams

• goniffs, offings, sing-off