as in mariner
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
the sailors were glad to be arriving in port after their long voyage
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Recent Examples of sailor
In the seventeenth century, the Dutch East India’s colony at Cape Town subjected indigenous people who hoped to trade with their soldiers, sailors, and farmers to different rules and planted thorn bushes to keep them out of the European settlement.
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Eve Fairbanks, The Dial, 27 Jan. 2026
Granted, worries over a marina being open during the summer season and used by sailors who can afford pricey pleasure boats and slip fees certainly is a first-world problem.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Mediazona has reported on the circumstances of the Moskva sinking extensively in the past, publishing testimonies from the families of sailors who were killed – and whose deaths were never officially acknowledged by the Russian military.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 26 Jan. 2026
The academy was both day school and boarding school where boys from all over the country – and world – came to study, learn and maybe even become sailors.
—Roger Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
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Eve Fairbanks, The Dial, 27 Jan. 2026
Granted, worries over a marina being open during the summer season and used by sailors who can afford pricey pleasure boats and slip fees certainly is a first-world problem.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Mediazona has reported on the circumstances of the Moskva sinking extensively in the past, publishing testimonies from the families of sailors who were killed – and whose deaths were never officially acknowledged by the Russian military.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 26 Jan. 2026
The academy was both day school and boarding school where boys from all over the country – and world – came to study, learn and maybe even become sailors.
—Roger Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sailor
Noun
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Last week’s whale sightings by the Aquarium led the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to implement a voluntary slow speed zone called a Dynamic Management Area (DMA) for mariners to reduce their speed to 10 knots to protect the whales.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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Wander the gear aisles where gadgets promise to turn anyone into a better mariner, chef, parent and human being.—
Eric Barton,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In some districts, navigators focus on violence prevention or absenteeism.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
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Sinclair is probably the most adept living navigator of London’s subterranean currents.—
Hari Kunzru,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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The seaman was patched up, and with his battleship sunk and his country abruptly at war with Japan, Germany and Italy, he was assigned to a destroyer.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
8 Dec. 2025
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Remarkably, all three vessels that mapped California were, likely, Portuguese seamen’s property!—
Paulo Afonso,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Sailor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sailor. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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