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Meanings of sailor in English
Portuguese
chapéu-panamá Catalan
capell de palla 
Person who navigates water-borne vessels or assists in doing so.
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Examples for "seaman"
Examples for "seaman"
1
Bokes the seaman and Sopsy the cook were in the same condition.
2
But I'm pretty sure he's a seaman or used to be one.
3
Of our bargaining with a Moorish seaman; and of an English slave.
4
The seaman stationed at the stopper obeyed, and down went the anchor.
5
It was a simple trap, but as Darrin paused, the seaman replied:
1
He laughed gently, and answered in the words of the ancient mariner:-
2
There was then in the settlement a veteran mariner named William Kidd.
3
St. Elmo consoled the mariner for the loss of Castor and Pollux.
4
He was a mariner, and the two namesakes were in partnership together.
5
Start with Jacques Cartier, ancient mariner of Dieppe, in the year 1535.
1
As I approached the stranger, I saw that he was a seafarer.
2
Frederick arose and let the great, rosy-white seafarer clamber on his hand.
3
Which rakish seafarer was played by Johnny Depp in the Pirates films?
4
Verily, it convulseth and openeth the heart of the lone seafarer.
5
He was not dying like a seafarer who had fairly earned his reputation.
1
Ozanne was a Channel Islander who had originally been a merchant sailor.
2
Ozanne, the first lieutenant, a Channel Islander who had once been a merchant sailor.
3
And once for all, sir, I shall never marry a mere merchant sailor- acommonwhaling master.
4
To be defeated by a merchant sailor! He paused to see the effect of his poisoned shaft.
5
A merchant sailor, he was somewhere off the coast of west Africa when water flooded into his home.
1
One was Francis L. Keefer, a merchant seaman, possessing valid A.B.
2
The naval architects have their opinions, but the practical merchant seaman is not consulted.
3
He has been a merchant seaman, ship's purser, fiction editor and high school teacher.
4
A 58-year-old merchant seaman drowned after falling into the sea at Dublin Port last January.
5
And you used to be a merchant seaman?'
1
Writer accompanied a merchant mariner named George Anderson Chase.
2
He was a merchant mariner, a master at the outbreak of the Revolution, who had followed the sea since boyhood.
3
Excellence, my duty is primarily to the State, and not to my living the life of a retired merchant mariner upon the world of Kalgan.
4
Tells about the dangers faced by merchant mariners: accidents, injuries, illness at sea.
5
Seafarers International is the main North American union representing merchant mariners.
Person who participates in the sport of sailing.
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Usage of sailor in English
1
Dutch sailor Fred Imhoff leads overall with German Harm Mueller-Spreer in second.
2
Holmes for a second time held out his hand to the sailor.
3
St John Ambulance said the sailor was taken to North Shore Hospital.
4
I was in the Mediterranean with him; I am quite a sailor.
5
The sailor stopped at an eating-house in the neighbourhood, and went in.
6
The Malahide sailor has recently been achieving consistent top-20 or better results.
7
Every sailor swore he saw it once, but not a second time.
8
Alfred wore his sailor suit; at his age that was always correct.
9
Unfortunately Dampier, although an excellent sailor and navigator, was an appalling commander.
10
The prince took the hand of the sailor and whispered to him:
11
She was surprised, I think, because he was such a good sailor.
12
Now Victor was the smartest sailor and best-tempered shipmate in the forecastle.
13
The sailor had the floor; no one save him spoke a word.
14
After all, Tim was, as I have already said, a natural sailor.
15
A sailor -someone used to finding his way upon unfamiliar waters.
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The sailor king had deposited these chains in the cathedral of Valencia.
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Portuguese
Catalan
Sailor through the time
Sailor across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
New Zealand
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Ireland
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