Category:Sailor

Sail"or, n.

Defn: 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. (zoöl.) (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.