sailornoun [ C ]
uk/ˈseɪ.lər/us/ˈseɪ.lɚ/B1 a person who works on a ship, especially one who is not an officer
B1 a person who often takes part in the sport of using boats with sails
a good/bad sailor
someone who is not/often ill when travelling by boat
Examples
- a shipwrecked sailor
- He was a young sailor on his first sea voyage.
- A sailor threw a rope ashore and we tied the boat to a post.
- They bombed two navy gunboats, killing 12 sailors.
- The race attracts top-class sailors from around the world.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People who work on boats & ships
- cabin boy
- cabin crew
- crew member
- deckhand
- docker
- gondolier
- hand
- helmsman
- longshoreman
- mariner
- merchant seaman
- pilot
- run away to sea idiom
- sea
- sea dog
- stevedore
- steward
- yachtsman
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