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Word entry · 6 letters

sailor

Best crossword clue

"Worker on a ship"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈseɪ.lɚ/Part of speech nounSorted ailorsStarts with SEnds with R1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown

Word origin

Alteration of earlier sailer, from Middle English sailer, sayler, saylere, equivalent to sail + -or. Cognate with German Segler (“sailor”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English marinel, marynell (“sailor”) borrowed from Old French marinel (“sailor”). See mariner.

Used in a sentence

  • He's a talented sailor and has spent many years at sea.
  • Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, […] naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several states on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter.
  • Mary is a sailor dreaming of northern shores lost galleons on the sea Mary ever on her way

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