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Sailor - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Sailor : \Sail"or\, n.
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. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An excellent marine food fish ({Diplodus, or Lagodon,
rhomboides) of the Southern United States; -- called
also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail, and
salt-water bream.
(b) A species of grunt ({Orthopristis, or Pomadasys,
chrysopterus), an excellent food fish common on the
southern coasts of the United States; -- called also
hogfish, and pigfish.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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