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sailor

sai·lor

UK/ˈseɪ.lə/ US/ˈseɪ.lɚ/ fairly common

noun

1.

any member of a ship''s crew

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Origin

Alteration of earlier sailer, from Middle English sailer, sayler, saylere, equivalent to sail + -or. Cognate with German Segler (“sailor”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English marinel, marynell (“sailor”) borrowed from Old French marinel (“sailor”). See mariner.

Phrases

  • a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor
  • blue sailor
  • by-the-wind sailor
  • curse like a sailor
  • mouth of a sailor
  • paper sailor
  • ragged sailor
  • rosewater sailor

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