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Seafarer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sailor or mariner.
  2. 2
    a man who serves as a sailor wordnet
  3. 3
    One who travels by sea.

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”).

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