sailor
/ˈseɪ.lɚ/ noun A1- 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
From the library
The sailor sings of ropes and things
She girds me in my sailor's coat
As prudent sailors have to do:
For beside the dolly sailor, I'm to voyage and explore,
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