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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
      Translations for jack-tar