Definitions for jack-tar
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
jack′-tar′(n.)
or Jack′ Tar′
a sailor.
Category: Navy
Origin of jack-tar:
1775–85
Princeton's WordNet
mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog(noun)
a man who serves as a sailor
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