Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sailor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sailor \Sail"or\, n.
One who follows the business of navigating ships or other
vessels; one who understands the practical management of
ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common
seaman.
Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
{Sailor's choice}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An excellent marine food fish ({Diplodus, or Lagodon,
rhomboides}) of the Southern United States; -- called
also {porgy}, {squirrel fish}, {yellowtail}, and
{salt-water bream}.
(b) A species of grunt ({Orthopristis, or Pomadasys,
chrysopterus}), an excellent food fish common on the
southern coasts of the United States; -- called also
{hogfish}, and {pigfish}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sailor
n 1: any member of a ship's crew [syn: {crewman}]
2: a serviceman in the navy [syn: {bluejacket}, {navy man}, {sailor
boy}]
3: a stiff straw hat with a flat crown [syn: {boater}, {leghorn},
{panama}, {Panama}, {skimmer}, {straw hat}]
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