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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sail•or /ˈseɪlɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- one whose job is sailing;
a mariner. - Militarya person in a navy whose rank is below the rank of an officer.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sail•or (sā′lər),USA pronunciation n. - a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation;
mariner. - Militarya seaman below the rank of officer.
- Militarya naval enlistee.
- Naval Termsa person adept at sailing, esp. with reference to freedom from seasickness:He was such a bad sailor that he always traveled to Europe by plane.
- Clothinga flat-brimmed straw hat with a low, flat crown.
- 1540–50; earlier sailer; see sail, -or2
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged seafarer. Sailor, mariner, salt, seaman, tar are terms for a person who leads a seafaring life. A sailor or seaman is one whose occupation is on board a ship at sea, esp. a member of a ship's crew below the rank of petty officer:a sailor before the mast; an able-bodied seaman.Mariner is a term now found only in certain technical expressions:master mariner(captain in merchant service); mariner's compass (ordinary compass as used on ships); formerly used much as "sailor'' or "seafaring man,'' now the word seems elevated or quaint:Rime of the Ancient Mariner.Salt and tar are informal terms for old and experienced sailors:an old salt; a jolly tar.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged landlubber.
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