Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sailor's calling.
- adjective Following a life at sea.
- adjective Fit to travel on the sea; seagoing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Following the business of a seaman; customarily employed in navigation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Following the business of a mariner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Following a life at
sea . - adjective Fit to
travel on the sea;seagoing . - noun The work, or
calling of asailor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective used on the high seas
- noun the work of a sailor
- noun travel by water
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Examples
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - It ought to be a proud milestone in Dutch seafaring heritage - the construction of a new ship its owner claims will be the world's largest.
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I was glad the keepers were there, for I did not have on my "seafaring" clothes, and I was what is called a "mark" for the creatures of prey that prowled up and down.
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I tied my younger son to the end of a small spare mast, such as seafaring men provide against storms; at the other end I bound the younger of the twin slaves, and at the same time
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I tied my youngest son to the end of a small spare mast, such as seafaring men provide against storms; at the other end I bound the youngest of the twin slaves, and at the same time I directed my wife how to fasten the other children in like manner to another mast.
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I tied my youngest son to the end of a small spare mast, such as seafaring men provide against storms; at the other end I bound the youngest of the twin slaves, and at the same time
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I tied my youngest son to the end of a small spare mast, such as seafaring men provide against storms; at the other end I bound the youngest of the twin slaves, and at the same time I directed my wife how to fasten the other children in like manner to another mast.
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"Well," said Pash, fiddling with his sharp chin, "what you might call a seafaring man.
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"seafaring" clothes, and I was what is called a "mark" for the creatures of prey that prowled up and down.
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Until the sixteenth century, the seafaring sailing ships of the Netherlands and other European countries were about twice as long as they were wide.
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The vehicle is a type of seafaring tank armed with a .50-caliber machine gun and a grenade launcher that is used to transport Marines to shore, according to the Union-Tribune.
Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicle Sinks Off California With 1 Inside
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