Synonyms for sailor
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sey-ler |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈseɪ lər |
Top 10 synonyms for sailor Other synonyms for the word sailor
Définition of sailor
Origin :- c.1400, sailer, agent noun from sail (v.). Spelling with -o- arose 16c., probably by influence of tailor, etc., and to distinguish the meaning "seaman, mariner" from "thing that sails." It replaced much older seaman and mariner (q.q.v.). Old English also had merefara "sailor." Applied as an adjective from 1870s to clothing styles and items based on a sailor's characteristic attire.
- noun person who travels by sea
- Finally he disappeared, and, as it seems, embraced the profession of a sailor.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- I left the Plato at the quarantine ground, going to the Sailor's Retreat.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- He crept to where he lay upon the deck, and called to a sailor who rushed by to help him.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- To Margaret the sailor repeated his story, nor could all her questions shake it.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- Presently the sailor was shown in, the man who brought him leaving the room at once.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- And the little Irish feller sed: "Judge, your honor, I am a sailor."
- Extract from : « Uncles Josh's Punkin Centre Stories » by Cal Stewart
- "I got it 'ere," responded the sailor hastily, fumbling with his tie.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- He kept up the habit which he had learned from a sailor friend.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- He was always hinting doubts of the veracity of Sindbad the Sailor.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- The din and roar of life was to him what the voice of the sea is to the sailor.
- Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
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