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
One sailor sustained a minor injury in that incident, the Navy said.
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Jade Walker, CNN Money, 7 May 2025
Its coast guard has employed increasingly forceful tactics to assert these claims, including the use of water cannon that have injured Philippine sailors, raising concerns over what might trigger Manila's Mutual Defense Treaty with Washington.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
Cosmo Jarvis is also set to return as English sailor John Blackthorne, whose arrival in Japan after a shipwreck sets the story in motion.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
And when tortoises became too rare to find, sailors introduced goats to feed themselves instead.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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Jade Walker, CNN Money, 7 May 2025
Its coast guard has employed increasingly forceful tactics to assert these claims, including the use of water cannon that have injured Philippine sailors, raising concerns over what might trigger Manila's Mutual Defense Treaty with Washington.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025
Cosmo Jarvis is also set to return as English sailor John Blackthorne, whose arrival in Japan after a shipwreck sets the story in motion.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
And when tortoises became too rare to find, sailors introduced goats to feed themselves instead.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 27 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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Some Micronesian navigators estimate their progress through a system known as etak.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
14 May 2025
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The film, set in the 16th century, follows Magellan, a young and ambitious Portuguese navigator.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
9 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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Lunde had joined the merchant fleet as a seaman in 1934.—
Heather Farmbrough,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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“Sailor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sailor. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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