'Sailor' definitions:
Definition of 'sailor'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Sailor'
From: GCIDE
- Sailor \Sail"or\, 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]
- Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer. [1913 Webster]
- Sailor's choice. (Zool.) (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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sailor'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- AB,
- able seaman,
- able-bodied seaman,
- adventurer,
- alpinist,
- Ancient Mariner,
- Argonaut,
- astronaut,
- bluejacket,
- boatman,
- buccaneer,
- camper,
- captain,
- climber,
- comers and goers,
- commuter,
- cosmopolite,
- cruiser,
- deep-sea man,
- Dylan,
- excursionist,
- explorer,
- fair-weather sailor,
- fare,
- fisherman,
- Flying Dutchman,
- 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,
- Neptune,
- OD,
- old salt,
- palmer,
- passenger,
- passerby,
- pathfinder,
- pilgrim,
- pioneer,
- pirate,
- Poseidon,
- 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,
- Varuna,
- viator,
- viking,
- visiting fireman,
- voortrekker,
- voyager,
- voyageur,
- water dog,
- wayfarer,
- whaler,
- windjammer,
- windsailor,
- world-traveler,
- yachtsman