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 Navy has taught generations of sailors to treat that place as sacred.
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Jon Duffy, Twin Cities, 27 May 2026
Lynette Hooker, a 55-year-old American mother and sailor, went missing in early April.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
Then my gaze lingers on the sailors who are steering the boat, their white uniforms dazzling in the sunlight.
—Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
There is also a doc from Maria Farinha Filmes on the slate, following Brazilian sailor Tamara Klink’s solitary journey across the Arctic.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 26 May 2026
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Jon Duffy, Twin Cities, 27 May 2026
Lynette Hooker, a 55-year-old American mother and sailor, went missing in early April.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
Then my gaze lingers on the sailors who are steering the boat, their white uniforms dazzling in the sunlight.
—Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
There is also a doc from Maria Farinha Filmes on the slate, following Brazilian sailor Tamara Klink’s solitary journey across the Arctic.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sailor
Noun
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Their leader, English mariner Martin Frobisher, had spent most of his life at sea (or imprisoned because of it).—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
28 May 2026
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The system, called WhaleSpotter, scans the bay around the clock for whale blows and heat signatures up to 2 nautical miles away, alerting mariners to slow down or reroute when whales are nearby.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Connie served as a navigator on a bomber crew in World War II, and earned two Distinguished Flying Crosses for raining death from the sky on Nazi forces throughout Europe.—
David Hookstead OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2026
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The company draws on clinical, claims, and behavioral data to identify patients at risk and coordinates support with care navigators, clinical outreach, and palliative care between visits.—
Ellen Sheng,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
Noun
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The skeleton was found with a seaman’s certificate and other papers in a leather pocketbook belonging to Petty Officer Harry Peglar of the HMS Terror.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
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But what the New Yorker writer left behind is some of the finest prose of the 20th century, focusing primarily on the eccentrics, scalawags, seamen, and other denizens of New York’s dank corners.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
2 May 2026
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“Sailor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sailor. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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