A seaman or sailor. Now somewhat archaic.

gen. One whose occupation or business is on the sea; a sailor as opposed to a landsman. Now only poetic or rhetorical. Also, with qualifying word…

In (late) Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman England: a member of a body of men retained, apparently usually by the king, to guard the coast.

A seaman. Obsolete.

= shipman, n.

A person who navigates or assists in navigating a ship; a sailor. In Law, more generally: any person employed on a ship. Also in extended use.

The captain or master of ship, esp. of a small trading, merchant, or fishing vessel; †a shipman, seaman.

A mariner, a sailor.

A seaman, mariner, or sailor. Obsolete.

Misreading of the form marynell at marinel, n. (see quot. 1470 at marinel, n. for corrected reading).

A traveller by sea, esp. one whose life is spent in voyaging, a sailor.

A seafarer.

A person who navigates. A sailor, esp. one skilled and experienced in navigation, or responsible for directing the course of a particular vessel…

A sailor or mariner. Obsolete.

= sailor, n. 1. Obsolete.

figurative and allusively: esp. applied to a seaman, waterman, or person connected in some way with the sea; in quot. 1900 to a large ship. Triton o…

A sailor. Obsolete. rare.

a sailor.

Applied jocularly to a boatman. Obsolete.

contemptuous name for a sailor (cf. 3).

= Neptunist, n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

one who sails the seas.

One who is professionally occupied with navigation; a seaman, mariner. Also, in narrower sense, applied (like ‘seaman’) to a member of a ship's…

transferred. A nickname for a mariner or sailor, esp. a common sailor. Now rare or archaic. (Cf. tarpaulian, n. adj., tar, n.1 3.)

slang. A seafaring person; a sailor. Obsolete. rare.

A person who feels confident in or on the water; spec. (a) a good swimmer; (b) a good sailor; cf. sea-dog, n. 5.

= tarpaulin, n. 2.

colloquial. (A generic name for) a sailor. Cf. Jack tar, n.

A familiar appellation for a sailor: perhaps abbreviation of tarpaulin, n. Cf. Jack tar, n.

transferred. Applied to a sailor.

(A generic name given to) a seaman in the British Royal Navy or Merchant Navy, esp. during the period of the British Empire; British seamen in…

(a) in informal and jocular use = sense 1; also occasionally an adult sailor; (b) a sailing-barge(man).

A sailor. Also: a brave person; a good fellow. Now rare.

spec. colloquial. A sailor; = Jack, n.2 3. Cf. Jack tar, n. Now historical.

A nautical person or writer; a sailor. Now archaic and rare.

Applied to the sea. Hence, a jocular form of address to a sailor.

Nautical slang. A sailor.

A brush used for smearing anything with tar. knight of the tar-brush, allusively applied to a sailor: cf. tar, n.1 3.

a sailor excused from duty by reason of illness.

A sailor, an ordinary seaman; spec. (British) one assigned to duties on the quarterdeck. Also (British): a coastguard. Frequently (and in earliest…

humorous nicknames for a sailor (cf. tar, n.1 3).

A man wearing a jersey. blue jersey, a seaman, a bargee.

a sailor, tar.

A sailor. slang.

colloquial. A sailor; spec. an able seaman. Now historical.