1. sailor(n = noun.person) crewman - any member of a ship's crew;
is a kind of skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker
has particulars: hand, lascar, gob, jack, jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar, water dog, water rat, yachtsman, yachtswoman, alexander selcraig, alexander selkirk, selcraig, selkirk
Derived form verb sail1
2. sailor(n = noun.person) bluejacket, navy man, sailor boy - a serviceman in the navy;
is a kind of man, military man, military personnel, serviceman
has particulars: coastguardsman, navy seal, seal, striker, submariner
Derived form verb sail1
3. sailor(n = noun.artifact) boater, leghorn, panama, panama hat, skimmer, straw hat - a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown;
is a kind of chapeau, hat, lid
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. [1913 Webster]
sailor, n.
1 a seaman or mariner, esp. one below the rank of officer.
2 a person considered as liable or not liable to seasickness (a good sailor).
Idiom:
sailor hat
1 a straw hat with a straight narrow brim and flat top.
2 a hat with a turned-up brim in imitation of a sailor's, worn by women and children.
Derivative:
sailoring n. sailorless adj. sailorly adj.
Etymology:
var. of SAILER
N sailor, mariner, navigator, seaman, seafarer, seafaring man, dock walloper, tar, jack tar, salt, able seaman, A, B, man-of-war's man, bluejacket, galiongee, galionji, marine, jolly, midshipman, middy, skipper, shipman, boatman, ferryman, waterman, lighterman, bargeman, longshoreman, bargee, gondolier, oar, oarsman, rower, boatswain, cockswain, coxswain, steersman, pilot, crew, aerial navigator, aeronaut, balloonist, Icarus, aeroplanist, airman, aviator, birdman, man-bird, wizard of the air, aviatrix, flier, pilot, test pilot, glider pilot, bush pilot, navigator, flight attendant, steward, stewardess, crew, astronaut, cosmonaut, parachutist, paratrooper.
sailor boy, sailor cap, sailor king, sailor suit, sinbad the sailor
breastplate(n = noun.artifact) aegis, egis - armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass;
is a kind of armor plate, armor plating, armour plate, plate armor, plate armour
is a part of body armor, body armour, cataphract, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour
has particulars: plastron
1. A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor. [1913 Webster]
"Before his old rusty breastplate could be scoured, and his cracked headpiece mended." [1913 Webster]
2. A piece against which the workman presses his breast in operating a breast drill, or other similar tool. [1913 Webster]
3. A strap that runs across a horse's breast. Ash. [1913 Webster]
4. A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See Ephod. [1913 Webster]
breastplate, n. a piece of armour covering the breast.
N defense, protection, guard, ward, shielding, propugnation, preservation, guardianship, area defense, site defense, self-defense, self-preservation, resistance, safeguard, balistraria, bunker, screen, camouflage, fortification, munition, muniment, trench, foxhole, bulwark, fosse, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment, kila, dike, dyke, parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment, earth work, field- work, fence, wall dead wall, contravallation, paling, palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado, laager, sangar, barrier, barricade, boom, portcullis, chevaux de frise, abatis, abattis, abbatis, vallum, circumvallation, battlement, rampart, scarp, escarp, counter-scarp, glacis, casemate, vallation, vanfos, buttress, abutment, shore, breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet, bastion, redan, ravelin, vauntmure, advance work, horn work, outwork, barbacan, barbican, redoubt, fort-elage, fort-alice, lines, loophole, machicolation, sally port, hold, stronghold, fastness, asylum, keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle, tower of strength, tower of strength, fort, barracoon, pah, sconce, martello tower, peelhouse, blockhouse, rath, wooden walls, bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum, cuirass, habergeon, mail, coat of mail, brigandine, hauberk, lorication, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade, heaume, morion, murrion, armet, cabaset, vizor, casquetel, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace, shako, bearskin, panoply, truncheon, garrison, picket, piquet, defender, protector, guardian, bodyguard, champion, knight-errant, Paladin, propugner, bulletproof window, hardened site, defending, defensive, mural, armed, armed at all points, armed cap-a-pie, armed to the teeth, panoplied, iron-plated, ironclad, loopholed, castellated, machicolated, casemated, defended, proof against, armored, ballproof, bulletproof, hardened, defensively, on the defense, on the defensive, in defense, at bay, pro aris et focis, Int, no surrender!, defense not defiance, Dieu defend le droit, fidei defensor, defender of the faith.