English Explanatory Dictionary

seafaring

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Living one's life at sea.
  2. Fit to travel on the sea; seagoing.
noun
  1. The act, process, or practice of travelling the seas, such as by sailing or steaming.
  2. The work or calling of a seafarer, especially a sailor.

Word forms

seafaring more seafaring most seafaring seafarings

Etymology

From Middle English safarinde, see farand, se farinde, equivalent to sea + faring (“travelling; journeying; going”). Compare Old English sǣ-līþende (“seafaring”). Cognate with Dutch zeevarend (“seafaring”), German Low German seefahrend (“seafaring”), German seefahrend (“seafaring”), Danish søfarende (“seafaring”), Swedish sjöfarande (“seafaring”).

Derived words

semiseafaring unseafaring
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