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Webster 1913 Edition
Sailor
Sail′or
,Noun.
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.
Syn. – Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
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
.Webster 1828 Edition
Sailor
SA'ILOR
,Noun.
A mariner; a seaman; one who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels, or one who understands the management of ships in navigation. The word however does not by itself express any particular skill in navigation. It denotes any person who follows the seas, and is chiefly or wholly applied to the common hands. [See Seaman.]