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 quiet professionalism of the crew standing watch beneath the Great Plains, the sailors navigating unseen through dark oceans and the pilots readying aircraft older than their parents are the heart of America’s deterrence.
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Naveed Jamali, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
His honor included an additional rosette for his actions, which was given to only about a tenth of the 33,000 soldiers and sailors who received the medal.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
But the most sobering moment came on a dive the next day, in 1994, when the team came upon a sailor’s body still wearing a life jacket.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Small crafts include owners of small to medium sized motor and sail boats, affecting fisherman, para-sailors, windsurfers and canoe paddlers.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
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Naveed Jamali, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
His honor included an additional rosette for his actions, which was given to only about a tenth of the 33,000 soldiers and sailors who received the medal.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
But the most sobering moment came on a dive the next day, in 1994, when the team came upon a sailor’s body still wearing a life jacket.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Small crafts include owners of small to medium sized motor and sail boats, affecting fisherman, para-sailors, windsurfers and canoe paddlers.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sailor
Noun
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The only real-time observations available to the mariner were shore and ship reports.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
2 Nov. 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
Noun
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Covering Wisconsin is the state's navigator program and was created under the Affordable Care Act to provide free, impartial help signing up for coverage.—
Sarah Volpenhein,
jsonline.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Halfway between Australia and Hawaii, Nikumaroro plays a key role in one of two rival hypotheses that seek to explain what happened to the famed aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, who went missing in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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Davies was born in Swindon, England, in 1944 to a hairdresser and merchant navy seaman.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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In 1944, Willie Wesley Thompson, a Navy seaman, saved two lives in the South Pacific.—
Curtis Bunn,
NBC news,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Sailor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sailor. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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