Seafarer
noun
noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sailor or mariner.
- 2 a man who serves as a sailor wordnet
- 3 One who travels by sea.
Example
More examples"In 1498, the seafarer and explorer Vasco da Gama found a route to India."
Etymology
From Middle English *se-farere (suggested by se-farende, sa farinde (“sea-faring”)) equivalent to sea + farer (“traveler”). Cognate with Middle Dutch seevarer, whence Modern Dutch zeevaarder (“seafarer”), West Frisian seefarder (“seafarer”), German Seefahrer (“seafarer”), Swedish sjöfarare (“seafarer”).