Sailor

Quick meaning: Sailor is a noun meaning A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.

Meaning

A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.

More Meanings

1. A stiff straw hat with a flat, circular brim and a low, flat crown.
2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Neptis, Pseudoneptis and Phaedyma, having white markings on a dark base and commonly flying by gliding.
3. 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.

Example Sentences

He's a talented sailor and has spent many years at sea.

Straw Sailors. Children's large-leaf straw sailors, in new shapes, smooth or rough straw . Sizes 6 to 64. 80c, $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00. Milan sailors in new, large shapes, with white or cream ribbon.

[…]the trade that was done for some year in sailors for ladies. […] Developments of a fancifu nature in the brim formation in the direction of what is known as a "Breton" sailor, of which the characteristic is a slightly upturned edge, were the first to be made, […] But to-day, with the exception of straw sailors for girls and young ladies at school, there is very little demand for hats of this description.

Word Forms

• sailors
• sailour

Synonyms for sailor

Depending on context, synonyms include jack, jacktar, lobscouser, mariner, Neptunian, salt.

Antonyms for sailor

Common opposites include landlubber, landman, landsman, nonsailor.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include crewman, bluejacket, boater, skimmer, straw hat, panama.

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