sailor

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sail=or

CIDE DICTIONARY

sailor, n. 

 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.  [1913 Webster]

Sailor's choice. (Zoöl.) (a) An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus rhomboides, syn. Lagodon rhomboides) of the Southern United States; -- called also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail, and salt-water bream. (b) A species of grunt (Orthopristis chrysopterus syn. Pomadasys chrysopterus), an excellent food fish common on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also hogfish, and pigfish.

Syn. -- Mariner; seaman; seafarer.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sailor, n.
1 a seaman or mariner, esp. one below the rank of officer.
2 a person considered as liable or not liable to seasickness (a good sailor).

Idiom

sailor hat
1 a straw hat with a straight narrow brim and flat top.
2 a hat with a turned-up brim in imitation of a sailor's, worn by women and children.

Derivative

sailoring n. sailorless adj. sailorly adj.

Etymology

var. of SAILER

THESAURUS

sailor

AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Neptune, OD, Poseidon, Varuna, able seaman, able-bodied seaman, adventurer, alpinist, astronaut, bluejacket, boatman, buccaneer, camper, captain, climber, comers and goers, commuter, cosmopolite, cruiser, deep-sea man, excursionist, explorer, fair-weather sailor, fare, fisherman, globe-girdler, globe-trotter, gob, goer, hajji, hearty, jack, jack afloat, jack-tar, jacky, jet set, jet-setter, journeyer, limey, lobsterman, mariner, matelot, mountaineer, navigator, old salt, palmer, passenger, passerby, pathfinder, pilgrim, pioneer, pirate, privateer, rubberneck, rubbernecker, salt, sea dog, sea rover, seafarer, seafaring man, seaman, shellback, shipman, sightseer, skipper, straphanger, swab, swabbie, tar, tarpaulin, tourer, tourist, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient, traveler, trekker, tripper, viator, viking, visiting fireman, voortrekker, voyager, voyageur, water dog, wayfarer, whaler, windjammer, windsailor, world-traveler, yachtsman

ROGET THESAURUS

sailor

Mariner

N sailor, mariner, navigator, seaman, seafarer, seafaring man, dock walloper, tar, jack tar, salt, able seaman, A, B, man-of-war's man, bluejacket, galiongee, galionji, marine, jolly, midshipman, middy, skipper, shipman, boatman, ferryman, waterman, lighterman, bargeman, longshoreman, bargee, gondolier, oar, oarsman, rower, boatswain, cockswain, coxswain, steersman, pilot, crew, aerial navigator, aeronaut, balloonist, Icarus, aeroplanist, airman, aviator, birdman, man-bird, wizard of the air, aviatrix, flier, pilot, test pilot, glider pilot, bush pilot, navigator, flight attendant, steward, stewardess, crew, astronaut, cosmonaut, parachutist, paratrooper.