seafarer

Everyday

A person who travels by sea, especially a sailor whose life and job is at sea. tree →

In the lessons

In history lessons, the Vikings, Phoenicians and Polynesians were great seafarers who crossed oceans. In The Wind in the Willows, the chapter «Wayfarers All» introduces the Sea Rat, a seafarer who tells Ratty wonderful stories of ports around the Mediterranean, and Ratty nearly leaves home to follow him. Phrase: «a seafaring nation», «seafaring life».

Examples

• The Sea Rat was a seafarer who had sailed to many ports. tree →
• The Phoenicians were brave seafarers. tree →
• Seafarers once used the stars to find their way. tree →
• My great-grandfather was a seafarer all his life. tree →
• Polynesian seafarers sailed canoes across the Pacific. tree →
• The seafarer told tales of storms and strange lands. tree →

Note

Countable. Built like wayfarer (a traveller on foot): sea + farer (from old «fare», to travel). Similar: sailor, mariner, seaman.