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sailor

/ˈseɪlə/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A person in the business of navigating ships or other vessels
  2. Someone knowledgeable in the practical management of ships.
  3. A member of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.
  4. A person who sails sailing boats as a sport or recreation.
  5. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Neptis, Pseudoneptis and Phaedyma, having white markings on a dark base and commonly flying by gliding.

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Sources

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