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- noun Plural form of
seafarer .
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Examples
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But that is a tendency shared by many seafarers from the Greeks to the Elizabethans.
Eaters Of The Dead Crichton, Michael, 1942- 1976
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This church of the Liverpool seafarers, which is on the Liverpool waterfront.
British Blogs 2008
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Although the Minoans are best known as seafarers, excavations at the site of Zominthos, nestled in a plateau on Mt. Ida, Crete’s highest mountain, have shown that they were also highlanders.
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The ancient Minoans are best known as seafarers, but excavations at the site of Zominthos, nestled in a plateau on Mt. Ida, Crete’s highest mountain, have shown that they were also highlanders.
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These, he said, were not part of the emergency services but responded as "seafarers" when an emergency took place.
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Significantly, two of the fops mentioned in the newspaper, “Tom Tug” and “Jack Tinsel,” were both seafarers.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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Pirates and other rowdy seafarers also helped create something that, were we to see it now, we would call gay liberation.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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I would imagine the lives of all those seafarers and wonder at their labour.
Hastings pier: once a place for solace and reflection Erwin James 2010
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"For all their criminal behavior, Somali pirates have not gone out of their way to directly hurt or kill seafarers -- until now."
Somali pirates' killing of Americans signals increasing turn toward violence 2011
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My uncle, himself a master mariner with Cunard, used to get seriously cross when he heard people talk about the captain of a ship (he did admit that the Royal Navy could do what they damn well liked, but that was not expressed in a spirit of generosity and tolerance to his fellow seafarers).
Master and captain 2009
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