sailor
/ˈseɪ.lɚ/ sustantivo A1En español: marinero, marinera, marino, marinante
- A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft. · He's a talented sailor and has spent many years at sea.
- In particular, a member of the crew of a (civilian or military) vessel, as opposed to a captain, admiral, etc.; a mariner; a common seaman.
- A person who sails sailing boats (as opposed to boats powered by other means) as a sport or recreation.
- A term of address supposedly used by prostitutes and flirtatious women towards men.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Neptis, Pseudoneptis and Phaedyma, having white markings on a dark base and commonly flying by gliding.
- A stiff straw hat with a flat, circular brim and a low, flat crown.
- A brick, for example in a course of brickwork, that is laid vertically on its shortest end (smallest face), with its widest face facing the outside of the wall.
Plural sailors
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He seized a rope which Dantès flung to him, and with an activity that would have done credit to a sailor, climbed up the side of the ship, while the young man, going to his task, left the conversation to Danglars, who now came towards the owner.
He was a man of twenty-five or twenty-six years of age, of unprepossessing countenance, obsequious to his superiors, insolent to his subordinates; and this, in addition to his position as responsible agent on board, which is always obnoxious to the sailors, made him as much disliked by the crew as Edmond Dantès was beloved by them.
“But,” replied the owner, glancing after Dantès, who was watching the anchoring of his vessel, “it seems to me that a sailor needs not be so old as you say, Danglars, to understand his business, for our friend Edmond seems to understand it thoroughly, and not to require instruction from anyone.”
“She is not my mistress,” replied the young sailor, gravely; “she is my betrothed.”
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