Sailor - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a serviceman in the navy (syn: bluejacket)
- a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown (syn: boater, leghorn, panama, skimmer)
Extra examples
He worked as a sailor on a cargo ship.
...the sailors were glad to be arriving in port after their long voyage...
Six British sailors drowned.
We were both experienced sailors.
The now famous photograph of an American sailor kissing his young wife
His interest in sailing is purely academic. He's not a sailor himself.
The boat was skippered by a skilled veteran sailor.
...a graphic depiction of a sailor being flogged by the captain for disobeying orders...
They gave the sailor 50 lashes for disobeying orders.
They gave the sailor a lashing.
If you're going to be a good sailor you need to master navigation.
The sailor always colours up his adventures to please his hearers.
I gave them the word of a sailor.
The sailor was thrown in the hole for attempted mutiny.
A half starved sailor sharped a pair of old shoes from him.
Word forms
singular: sailor
plural: sailors
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