| Main Entry: | sailor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who travels by sea |
Synonyms: |
able-bodied sailor, bluejacket, boater, cadet, circumnavigator, deck hand, diver, hearty*, jack, lascar, marine, mariner, mate, middy, midshipman/woman, navigator, old salt, pilot, pirate, salt, sea dog, sea person, seafarer, shellback, shipmate, swab, swabber, swabbie, tar, tarpaulin, water dog, windjammer, yachter |
| Main Entry: | veteran |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person with much experience; particularly in war |
Synonyms: |
GI, expert, old guard, old hand, old pro, old salt, old soldier, old-timer, pro, shellback, sourdough, trouper, vet, warhorse |
Antonyms: |
rookie |
| Main Entry: | sea dog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | experienced sailor |
Synonyms: |
barnacle-back, mariner, master mariner, old salt, old sea dog, sailor, seafarer, shellback |
| Main Entry: | jack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sailor |
Synonyms: |
able-bodied sailor, bluejacket, boater, cadet, circumnavigator, deck hand, diver, hearty*, jack-tar, lascar, marine, mariner, mate, middy, midshipman/woman, navigator, old salt, pilot, pirate, salt, sea dog, sea person, seafarer, seaman, shellback, shipmate, swab, swabber, swabbie, tar, tarpaulin, water dog, windjammer, yachter |
| Concept: | Veteran. |
| Category: | 2. RELATIVE TIME; Time with reference to succession |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
veteran, old man, seer, patriarch, graybeard; grandfather, grandsire; grandam; gaffer, gammer; crone; pantaloon; sexagenarian, octogenarian, nonagenarian, centenarian; old stager; dotard., preadamite, Methuselah, Nestor, old Parr; elders; forefathers (paternity).
-phrases
"superfluous lags the veteran on the stage" [Johnson].
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Antonyms: |
infant |
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