Synonyms for bluejacket

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bloo-jak-it

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbluˌdʒæk ɪt

Top 10 synonyms for bluejacket

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Définition of bluejacket

As in mariner : noun person who makes living on the sea
As in sailor : noun person who travels by sea
As in seafarer : noun sailor
As in jack : noun sailor

Example sentences :

I was there and heard an Irish bluejacket cursing them as a disgrace to his country.
Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

But to the European mind our bluejacket is still something of an anomaly.
Extract from : « A Traveller in War-Time » by Winston Churchill

The American bluejacket will not try to get revenge again, for he lost.
Extract from : « With the Battle Fleet » by Franklin Matthews

That is not calling you cowards, either, the bluejacket continued.
Extract from : « Dave Darrin and the German Submarines » by H. Irving Hancock

The Naval Brigade also had one bluejacket wounded, but not seriously.
Extract from : « Four Months Besieged » by H. H. S. Pearse

"Left-hand Gun Hill fired, sir," said the bluejacket to the captain.
Extract from : « From Capetown to Ladysmith » by G. W. Steevens

When, seven months before, Martin had put on his bluejacket's uniform for the first time, he had felt immensely proud of himself.
Extract from : « Pincher Martin, O.D. » by H. Taprell Dorling

The miner has a gait as peculiarly his own as Tommy's measured pace or the bluejacket's roll.
Extract from : « From Sea to Sea » by Rudyard Kipling

"Bout time the old Triadur showed up sir," remarked the bluejacket.
Extract from : « The Thick of the Fray at Zeebrugge » by Percy F. Westerman

The bluejacket had discovered them, and was leaping down the steep slope in hot pursuit.
Extract from : « Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast » by Kirk Munroe

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