What does bluejacket mean?
Bluejacket means (nautical) A seaman of a British warship.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(nautical) A seaman of a British warship.
It never entered his mind that here was a matter which from its extreme questionableness, it was his duty as a loyal blue-jacket to report in the proper quarter.
‘[…] I’m not sure’, she continued, ‘that I won’t throw myself overboard, for the mere pleasure of being rescued by a blue-jacket […]’
The Navy and the Indian tribes up and down the Coast took part in the races, the Navy rowing their heavy ship's boats round from Esquimalt Harbour, manned by blue-jackets, while smart little pinnaces “pip-pipped” along commanded by young midshipmen.
[…] drift like tear-starting smoke across these exciting pages written by a bluejacket of the U.S. Navy.
He told me that Buster took her face 'bout right off. Said there's guts and hair everyplace. There's a platoon or so of Payton's bluejackets up there on the View now.
Use bluejacket when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bluejacket means (nautical) A seaman of a British warship.
Common synonyms include sailor, Confederate spiderwort, snotgrass, snot grass.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It never entered his mind that here was a matter which from its extreme questionableness, it was his duty as a loyal blue-jacket to report in the proper quarter.
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