seafaring

[ see-fair-ing ]

adjective

1. traveling by sea.
2. following the sea as a trade, business, or calling.
3. of, relating to, or occurring during a voyage on the sea.

noun

1. the business or calling of a sailor.
2. traveling by sea.

seafaring

/ ˈsiːˌfɛərɪŋ /

adjective

1. travelling by sea
2. working as a sailor

noun

1. the act of travelling by sea
2. the career or work of a sailor

Word History and Origins

Origin of seafaring¹

1150–1200; early Middle English safarinde (adj.); sea, fare, -ing ², -ing ¹

Example Sentences

In August, the rocket’s reusable first stage toppled into the ocean during a failed routine landing on a seafaring barge.

From Los Angeles Times

Two more films followed, with 2019’s seafaring tale “The Lighthouse” and the epic 2022 Viking fable “The Northman” revealing new strengths in writing and directing that hadn’t been immediately visible in Eggers’ debut.

From Salon

A seafaring albatross, stretching out its sail-like airfoils, lives a very different life from a ground-dwelling antpitta with its long legs and short, stubby wings that it uses in rare, short bursts of flight.

From Science Daily

The animated musical about the seafaring Polynesian princess delivered a domestic Thanksgiving Day haul of $28 million — the largest Turkey Day bounty ever, according to studio estimates released Friday.

From Los Angeles Times

That's not quite the case this time, but there will be a few political big guns alongside the more traditional elements of a seafaring launch.

From BBC

Related Words

• maritime
• nautical
• seagoing