A sailor capable of hauling a bowline (and hence in wider sense, capable of performing all duties); an able seaman (able seaman, n. 2). Cf. haul-bo…

A sailor, usually one long used to the sea, chiefly with the epithet old.

Nautical. A sailor who has spent some time undertaking a particular duty; an experienced sailor. Cf. station, n. 1a. Obsolete.

an experienced sailor, esp. one who is prone to talk loquaciously about the seafaring life; an old sea dog.

colloquial. A sailor, esp. one of much experience. (Cf. 2h.)

(a) jocular a sailor, esp. a hardened or experienced one; also transferred; (b) a marine turtle.

an old sailor who befriends and instructs a midshipman.