sailor

• sailour (obsolete)

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.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈseɪ.lɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈseɪ.lə/
• Hyphenation: sail‧or

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• Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

sailor (plural sailors)

1. A person in the business of navigating ships or other vessels
2. Someone knowledgeable in the practical management of ships.

   He's a talented sailor and has spent many years at sea.

3. A member of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.
   • 1873, Jules Verne, chapter I, in [anonymous], transl., Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas; […], James R. Osgood edition, Boston, Mass.: Geo[rge] M[urray] Smith & Co., →OCLC, part I, page 3:

     Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, […] naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several states on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter.

   • 2008, Cécile Corbel (lyrics and music), “Mary”, in Songbook vol. 2‎ (CD), performed by Cécile Corbel, Brittany: Keltia Musique:

     Mary is a sailor
     dreaming of northern shores
     lost galleons on the sea
     Mary ever on her way

4. A person who sails sailing boats as a sport or recreation.

   Coordinate term: yachtsman

5. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Neptis, Pseudoneptis and Phaedyma, having white markings on a dark base and commonly flying by gliding.

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• lascar

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