sailor
Plural: sailors
Noun
- A person whose job it is to work on a ship.
- any member of a ship's crew
- a serviceman in the navy
- a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
- A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.
- A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.
- In particular, a member of the crew of a (civilian or military) vessel, as opposed to a captain, admiral, etc.; a mariner; a common seaman.
- A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.
- A person who sails sailing boats (as opposed to boats powered by other means) as a sport or recreation.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Neptis, Pseudoneptis and Phaedyma, having white markings on a dark base and commonly flying by gliding.
- A stiff straw hat with a flat, circular brim and a low, flat crown.
- A brick, for example in a course of brickwork, that is laid vertically on its shortest end (smallest face), with its widest face facing the outside of the wall.
Examples
- He felt like an old sailor, navigating the rough seas of a challenging Scrabble rack.
- He's a talented sailor and has spent many years at sea.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
bluejacket, boater, crewman, leghorn, navy man, Panama, Panama hat, sailor boy, skimmer, straw hat, Neptunian, Neptunist, jack, jacktar, lobscouser, mariner, matelot, sailor, salt, seafarer, seaman, shipman, squid, swab, swabby, tar, waterman
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 6
sailor: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsailor: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sailor: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary