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JACK-TAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man who serves as a sailor
Synonyms:
gob; Jack; Jack-tar; mariner; old salt; sea dog; seafarer; seaman; tar
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Jack-tar" is a kind of...):
crewman; sailor (any member of a ship's crew)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Jack-tar"):
able-bodied seaman; able seaman (a seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills)
bo's'n; bo'sun; boatswain; bos'n; bosun (a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen)
deckhand; roustabout (a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor)
helmsman; steerer; steersman (the person who steers a ship)
bargee; bargeman; lighterman (someone who operates a barge)
officer; ship's officer (a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel)
pilot (a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor)
sea lawyer (an argumentative and contentious seaman)
whaler (a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales)
