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b(1)
: a member of a ship's crew
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: a traveler by water
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: a stiff straw hat with a low flat crown and straight circular brim
Examples of sailor in a Sentence
He worked as a sailor on a cargo ship.
the sailors were glad to be arriving in port after their long voyage
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The post showed a handwritten message commemorating sailors of Iran’s navy who had been killed, according to a Google translation.
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
Iran offered no immediate response, but a handwritten note commemorating Iran’s dead sailors was posted on Larijani’s X account, shortly afterwards.
—David Hickey, NBC news, 17 Mar. 2026
Stars and Stripes originally reported that one sailor was airlifted from the ship.
—Steve Walsh, NPR, 17 Mar. 2026
Sure, there were fewer bands, but Keenan worked the phones for weeks tracking down as many of the sailors and smugglers from that era as possible.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
Iran offered no immediate response, but a handwritten note commemorating Iran’s dead sailors was posted on Larijani’s X account, shortly afterwards.
—David Hickey, NBC news, 17 Mar. 2026
Stars and Stripes originally reported that one sailor was airlifted from the ship.
—Steve Walsh, NPR, 17 Mar. 2026
Sure, there were fewer bands, but Keenan worked the phones for weeks tracking down as many of the sailors and smugglers from that era as possible.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for sailor
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“Sailor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sailor. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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