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Meanings of jack-tar in English

Portuguese
joão
Catalan
mariner

A man who serves as a sailor.

joão
Usage of jack-tar in English
1
Born as he was in the nineteenth century, he was only a Jack-tar and a hero!
Blue Lights: Hot Work in the Soudan
2
Because of the smoke, and the carefully rationed water aboard ship, they looked more like a mob of filthy buccaneers than jack-tars.
Success to the Brave
3
"The jack-tars would be delighted to go down in ships and do business in such an element."
The Blithedale Romance
4
"It ought not to have been loose, and there is a bit of discipline for some jack-tar."
Four Young Explorers; Or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
5
No one appeared to mind him, till a jolly Jack-tar with both arms cut off, but dressed in full sailor's togs, lurched heavily towards him.
Suburban Sketches
6
"Wot captin's that?" growled the Jack-tar.
Blue Lights: Hot Work in the Soudan
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