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    SEAFARER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A man who serves as a sailorplay

    Synonyms:

    gob; Jack; Jack-tar; mariner; old salt; sea dog; seafarer; seaman; tar

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("seafarer" is a kind of...):

    crewman; sailor (any member of a ship's crew)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seafarer"):

    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)

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