From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
sailor
n 1: any member of a ship's crew [syn: crewman]
2: a serviceman in the navy [syn: bluejacket, navy man,
sailor boy]
3: a stiff straw hat with a flat crown [syn: boater,
leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, skimmer, straw hat]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sailor \Sail"or\, n.
One who follows the business of navigating ships or other
vessels; one who understands the practical management of
ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common
seaman.
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Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
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Sailor's choice. (Zool.)
(a) An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus rhomboides,
syn. Lagodon rhomboides) of the Southern United States;
-- called also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail,
and salt-water bream.
(b) A species of grunt (Orthopristis chrysopterus syn.
Pomadasys chrysopterus), an excellent food fish common
on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called
also hogfish, and pigfish.
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