English Explanatory Dictionary

sailor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.
  2. 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.
  3. A person who sails sailing boats (as opposed to boats powered by other means) as a sport or recreation.
  4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Neptis, Pseudoneptis and Phaedyma, having white markings on a dark base and commonly flying by gliding.
  5. A stiff straw hat with a flat, circular brim and a low, flat crown.
  6. 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.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈseɪ.lɚ/ /ˈseɪ.lə/ en-us-sailor.ogg En-uk-sailor.ogg

Word forms

sailor sailors sailour

Etymology

Alteration of earlier sailer, from Middle English sailer, sayler, saylere, equivalent to sail + -or. Cognate with German Segler (“sailor”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English marinel, marynell (“sailor”) borrowed from Old French marinel (“sailor”). See mariner.

Synonyms

jack jacktar lobscouser mariner matelot Neptunian Neptunist sailor salt seafarer seaman shipman squid swab swabby tar waterman

Antonyms

landlubber landman landsman nonsailor

Related words

lascar oarsman Appendix:Glossary of nautical terms

Derived words

a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor blue sailor boardsailor by-the-wind sailor curse like a sailor daysailor mouth of a sailor nonsailor paper sailor parasailor ragged sailor rosewater sailor roving sailor sailor collar sailor dive sailoress sailor-fish sailor fuku sailor hat sailoring sailorize sailorless sailorlike sailorly sailorman sailor mouth sailor plant sailor-proof sailorproof sailor's eyeball sailor skirt sailor suit sailorwoman swear like a sailor trailer sailor turnpike sailor wandering sailor

Translations

Afar: doniki num Akkadian: 𒈣𒁻 Albanian: detar Albanian: marinar Albanian: lundërtar Arabic: بَحَّار Arabic: بَحْرِيّ Arabic: مَلَّاح Arabic: نُوتِيّ Arabic: نَوْتِيّ Aramaic: מַלָּחָא Aramaic: נַוְטָא Aramaic: ܡܠܚܐ Aramaic: ܢܘܛܐ Armenian: նավաստի Armenian: նավազ Old Armenian: նաւաստի Old Armenian: նաւազ Assamese: নাৱিক Early Assamese: কাণ্ডাৰ Asturian: marineru Asturian: marín Azerbaijani: dənizçi Belarusian: матро́с Belarusian: мара́к Belarusian: марапла́вец Bengali: নাবিক Bengali: মাল্লা Breton: martolod Bulgarian: моря́к Bulgarian: матро́с Bulgarian: морепла́вател Burmese: ခလာသီ Burmese: သင်္ဘောသား Catalan: marí Catalan: mariner Catalan: marinera Chinese Cantonese: 水手 Chinese Cantonese: 海員 /海员 Chinese: фишу Chinese: 水手 Chinese: 海員 /海员 Chinese Mandarin: 水手 Chinese Mandarin: 海員 /海员 Chukchi: лельутвыткульын Chukchi: аӈӄаляйвыльын Czech: námořník Czech: mariňák Czech: mořeplavec Danish: matros Danish: sømand Danish: sejler Dutch: matroos Dutch: zeeman Egyptian: s-qd-d-A30-A1 Esperanto: maristo Esperanto: maristino Estonian: madrus Estonian: meremees Faroese: sjómaður Finnish: matruusi Finnish: merimies French: matelot French: matelote French: femme matelot French: femme-matelot French: marin French: femme marin French: femme-marin Gagauz: denizçi Galician: mariñeiro Galician: mariñeira Georgian: მეზღვაური German: Matrose German: Matrosin German: Seemann German: Seefrau German: Seemännin Greek: ναύτης Greek: ναυτικός Ancient Greek: ναύτης Ancient Greek: ναυτίλος Gujarati: ખલાસી Gujarati: વહાણવટી Gujarati: જહાજી Gujarati: નાવિક Gujarati: મલ્લાહ Hawaiian: kelamoku Hawaiian: holomoku Hebrew: מַלָּח Hebrew: יוֹרֵד יָם Hebrew: שַׁיָּט Hindi: नाविक Hindi: मल्लाह Hindi: जहाज़ी Hindi: माँझी Hindi: केवट Hindi: लशकर Hindi: लश्कर Hindi: ख़लासी
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