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
The struggle ended with the sailor getting ahold of the gun, followed by the other deckhand regaining consciousness, according to a June 18 news release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida.
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Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
Tristan was a sailor who captained the school’s forty-foot yacht.
—Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
Read Next California Navy sailor killed answering unexpected knock in 2021, CA cops say.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2025
My late father-in-law fought at the Battle of the Bulge in late 1944, my late uncle was wounded at the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945, and my husband’s great uncle was a sailor whose warship was sunk by the Japanese in 1942 and whose headstone may be found in Manila.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
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Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
Tristan was a sailor who captained the school’s forty-foot yacht.
—Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
Read Next California Navy sailor killed answering unexpected knock in 2021, CA cops say.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2025
My late father-in-law fought at the Battle of the Bulge in late 1944, my late uncle was wounded at the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945, and my husband’s great uncle was a sailor whose warship was sunk by the Japanese in 1942 and whose headstone may be found in Manila.
—Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sailor
Noun
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However, the Highway Patrol has two requirements for young mariners.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2025
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Curious, the mariners decided to investigate using an underwater camera.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 June 2025
Noun
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This spring, the library system hired a program manager and three part-time digital navigators — who provide technical assistance with the internet — to hold office hours and teach skills classes in English and Spanish.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2025
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Hope navigators, who function as caseworkers, are supposed to use the helpline to direct Floridians to local churches and nonprofits.—
Lawrence Mower,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2025
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And, like the seamen, Celebrity faced a rapidly evolving crisis and changing guidelines.—
Jim Saunders,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2025
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Government as a protector of health goes way back The U.S. public health service got its start in the 1700s service cared for seamen who were sick or injured.—
Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
13 May 2025
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“Sailor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sailor. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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