What does sailor mean?
Definitions for sailor
ˈseɪ lərsailor
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word sailor.
Princeton's WordNet
sailor, crewman(noun)
any member of a ship's crew
bluejacket, navy man, sailor, sailor boy(noun)
a serviceman in the navy
boater, leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, skimmer, straw hat(noun)
a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
Wiktionary
sailor(Noun)
One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.
Etymology: From sailer.
Webster Dictionary
Sailor(noun)
one who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman
Freebase
Sailor
A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who navigates water-borne vessels or assists as a crew member in their operation and maintenance. The term blue jacket or bluejacket may be used for British or US Navy sailors, the latter especially when deployed ashore as infantry. The Bluejacket's Manual is the basic handbook for United States Navy personnel. 700,000 of the world's mariners come from the Philippines, being the world's largest origin of seafarers. Etymologically, the name "sailor" preserves the memory of the time when ships were commonly powered by sails, but it applies to the personnel of all vessels, whatever their mode of propulsion, and includes military maritime personnel and members of the merchant marine as well as recreational sailors. The term "seaman" is frequently used in the particular sense of a sailor who is not an officer.
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
SAILOR
A man who makes his living on water but never touches it on shore.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
sailor
A man trained in managing a ship, either at sea or in harbour. A thorough sailor is the same with mariner and seaman, but as every one of the crew is dubbed a sailor, there is much difference in the absolute meaning of the term. (See MARINER and SEAMAN.)
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'sailor' in Nouns Frequency: #2752
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Losari
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sailor in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sailor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of sailor in a Sentence
How the sailor was able to get a weapon on base is part of the ongoing investigation.
The way he kisses dictators' butts. I mean, the way he ignores that the Uyghurs are in literal concentration camps in Xinjiang right now. He hasn't lifted a finger on behalf of the Hong Kongers, the United States now regularly sells out our allies under his leadership. The way he treats women and spends like a drunken sailor. The ways I criticized President( Barack) Obama for that kind of spending I've criticized President Trump for as well. He mocks evangelicals behind closed doors. His family has treated the presidency like a business opportunity. He's flirted with White supremacists.
Winston Churchill, The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy:
Why, you may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman or the most audacious soldier, put them at a table together- what do you get? The sum of all fears.
Why you may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman, and th most audacious soldier, put them at a table together-and what do you get? The sum of their fears.
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into jail for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
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- بحارArabic
- матросBelarusian
- морякBulgarian
- martolodBreton
- maríCatalan, Valencian
- námořníkCzech
- morwrWelsh
- matrosDanish
- Matrose, SeemannGerman
- ναυτικός, ναύτηςGreek
- maristino, maristoEsperanto
- marineroSpanish
- ملاحPersian
- matruusi, merimiesFinnish
- sjómaðurFaroese
- matelot, marinFrench
- muireach, maraiche, loingear, seòladairScottish Gaelic
- mariñeiroGalician
- marrinaghManx
- מלחHebrew
- tengerész, hajós, matrózHungarian
- նավաստիArmenian
- sjóari, sjómaðurIcelandic
- marittimo, navigante, marinaioItalian
- 水兵, セーラー, 船員, 水夫, 船乗りJapanese
- მეზღვაურიGeorgian
- កម្មករនាវាKhmer
- 수병, 선원Korean
- nautaLatin
- jūreivis, jūreivėLithuanian
- kuģiniece, kuģinieks, jūrnieks, jūrnieceLatvian
- hēramana, kaumoanaMāori
- kelasi, anak kapalMalay
- baħriMaltese
- matroosDutch
- seiler, matros, sjømannNorwegian
- táłkááʼ siláo, chʼah łigaiNavajo, Navaho
- ନାବିକOriya
- marynarz, żeglarzPolish
- marinheiro, marujoPortuguese
- marinar, matelot, matrozRomanian
- матрос, морякRussian
- سيلانيSindhi
- морнар, mornarSerbo-Croatian
- námornikSlovak
- matros, sjömanSwedish
- bahariaSwahili
- నావికుడుTelugu
- mellah, bahriyeli, seylani, bahharTurkish
- матросUkrainian
- نااختUrdu
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