as in sailors
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
a jack-tar swabbing the deck under the critical eye of the first mate
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Much of this arises from the novel, though Shelley must have left out the part where the Creature kills several sailors with his bare hands and gets blunderbussed off the side of the ship, seemingly to his death.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025 -
No doubt some sailors noticed that compass needles no longer pointed toward the magnetic north pole during auroras.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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By aiding mariners, Airy believed, such measurements provided a tangible service to the state that the newfangled spectroscopy might not be able to match.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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The alert calls for heightened caution from mariners, especially in shallow waters.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Nurse navigators also identify potential barriers to care, such as language differences, financial limitations, or lack of access to resources.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
27 Oct. 2025
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Thus, it is easily seen and identified and is of great interest and value to navigators.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Jack-tars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jack-tars. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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