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
From November 2023 until this January, the Houthis targeted more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two of them and killing four sailors.
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Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
From the deck of the American clipper ship Shooting Star, sailors watched a mysterious and unsettling scene.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
Even more impressive, these ancient sailors likely made their journeys in simple dugout canoes without the aid of sails.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Apr. 2025
The Houthis targeted more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two of them and killing four sailors from November 2023 until January of this year.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
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Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
From the deck of the American clipper ship Shooting Star, sailors watched a mysterious and unsettling scene.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
Even more impressive, these ancient sailors likely made their journeys in simple dugout canoes without the aid of sails.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Apr. 2025
The Houthis targeted more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two of them and killing four sailors from November 2023 until January of this year.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sailor
Noun
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Warning notices advising pilots and mariners to steer clear of the test area indicated the missile and its hypersonic glide vehicle were supposed to splash down in the mid-Atlantic Ocean hundreds of miles north and northeast of Puerto Rico.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
26 Apr. 2025
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The city’s remaining water intake cribs — Four Mile, 68th Street, Carter H. Harrison, Edward F. Dunne, Wilson Avenue and William E. Dever — also were fitted with electrical navigation devices to aid mariners.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Carlin was its navigator, and Burke was the armor-gunner.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2025
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For the cost of one full-time on-site navigator, clinics gain the power of four specialized remote staff.—
Craig Lebrau,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Three of the Indonesian seamen also spoke separately to The New York Times.—
Choe Sang-Hun,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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Captains and seamen alike reaped the benefits of having these scientists on board with them.—
Will McGough,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Sailor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sailor. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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