From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Selkirk
n 1: Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off
the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for
Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721)
[syn: Selkirk, Selcraig, Alexander Selkirk,
Alexander Selcraig]