sailors
plural of “sailor” — any member of a ship's crew
An inflected form of sailor · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 3,000 of 86,757 words measured. It occurs 43,696 times across 426,181 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- any member of a ship's crew also: crewman
- a serviceman in the navy also: bluejacket, navy man, sailor boy
- a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown also: boater, leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, skimmer, straw hat
sailors in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Sailors are a hard set of men.
Bob, the cabin-boy · Anonymous · Chapter 1
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Sailors, you know, can't be expected to understand the value of shops.
In Luck at Last · Walter Besant · Chapter 2
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British sailors helping to rescue the crew told later that the scene on deck was terrible.
The Boy's Book of the Sea · Eric Wood · Chapter 1
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Only a few sailors were at work at the big ropes, but they didn't shout as before.
From Plotzk to Boston · Mary Antin · Chapter 2
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Seeing this, they laid aside their muskets and set to work to help the sailors unload the schooner.
Once Upon a Time in Delaware · Katharine Pyle · Chapter 2