seafarer

[ see-fair-er ]

noun

1. a sailor.
2. a traveler on the sea.

seafarer

/ ˈsiːˌfɛərə /

noun

1. a traveller who goes by sea
2. a less common word for sailor

Word History and Origins

Origin of seafarer¹

First recorded in 1505–15; sea + fare ( def ) + -er ¹( def )

Example Sentences

During the pandemic, seafarers have become the world’s forgotten essential workers.

From Quartz

Maersk, Hanley said, has started paying its sailors bonuses to compensate them for remaining aboard ship at all times, even in ports that allow seafarers limited shore leave.

From Washington Post

The United Nations called for the world’s governments to designate seafarers and other marine personnel as “key workers” during the pandemic.

From Washington Post

She has picked up prescriptions for a seafarer who ran out of vital medication after his contract was extended.

From Washington Post

Though sectors as diverse as vehicle manufacture and agriculture are reliant on maritime trade, seafarers are too few — and distant — to garner much attention.

From Washington Post

Who in Britain or Western Europe or America now knows a working seafarer?

From The Daily Beast

The most common seafarer you will see, should you look, will be Asian and exhausted.

From The Daily Beast

You could be a generalist—a poet/mollusk scientist/seafarer/surgeon.

From The Daily Beast

From the most ancient times they have been the friends of the seafarer!

From Project Gutenberg

He found the man Rait, a big, clumsy seafarer, and questioned him.

From Project Gutenberg

The morning was growing hot, and the good seafarer in the seat beside our friend seemed to grow very uncomfortable.

From Project Gutenberg

He was the captain of Raleigh's flagship, the Destiny, an old seafarer, who in twenty years had lived a century of adventure.

From Project Gutenberg

Not only the terms of expression, but a distinct reference to a former voyage, indicated the writer to have been a seafarer.

From Project Gutenberg