Bluejacket
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bluejacket is a noun meaning (nautical) A seaman of a British warship.
Meaning
(nautical) A seaman of a British warship.
More Meanings
- (nautical) An enlisted man in the US Navy.
- A uniformed policeman.
- An Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis).
Example Sentences
[…] drift like tear-starting smoke across these exciting pages written by a bluejacket of the U.S. Navy.
‘[…] I’m not sure’, she continued, ‘that I won’t throw myself overboard, for the mere pleasure of being rescued by a blue-jacket […]’
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.
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.
Word Forms
- bluejackets
Synonyms for bluejacket
Depending on context, synonyms include sailor.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sailor, tar, jacktar, jack, jolly, bundleman.
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