colloquial. A junior member of a ship's crew, typically a boy or young man. Cf. youngster, n. 2. Now rare (historical in later use).
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > young or inexperienced sailor (9) younker1592 colloquial. A junior member of a ship's crew, typically a boy or young man. Cf. youngster, n. 2. Now rare (historical in later use). youngster1608 colloquial. A junior member of a ship's crew (typically a boy or young man; cf. younker, n. 2b, young man, n. 2c); (also) a junior officer in the… young man1612 spec. uses of sense 1a. Nautical colloquial. A junior member of a ship's crew; cf. youngster, n. 2. In quot. 1799: (probably) a midshipman in the… pedee?a1800 English regional (Northumberland). A boy belonging to the crew of a keel on the River Tyne. Now rare. sailor-boy1835 sailor-lad1842 sea-pup1897 a ‘young sea-dog’, a child of a sailor or fisherman. Subcategories:— apprentice (2) |
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