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seafaring

sea·fa·ring

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noun (2) adjective (1)

noun

1.

the work of a sailor

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adjective

1.

used on the high seas

  • “seafaring vessels”
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From Middle English safarinde, see farand, se farinde, equivalent to sea + faring (“travelling; journeying; going”). Compare Old English sǣ-līþende (“seafaring”). Cognate with Dutch zeevarend (“seafaring”), German Low German seefahrend (“seafaring”), German seefahrend (“seafaring”), Danish søfarende (“seafaring”), Swedish sjöfarande (“seafaring”).

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