sailor

See also: Sailor

English

Originally an alternative spelling of sailer, the agent noun of sail, which first saw use in the 16th century. Equivalent to sail +‎ -or.

sailor (plural sailors)

A person in the business of navigating ships or other vessels
someone knowledgeable in the practical management of ships
he's a talented sailor
A member of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.
- 2008, Cécile Corbel (lyrics and music), “Mary”, in Songbook vol. 2‎ (CD), Brittany: Keltia Musique, performed by Cécile Corbel:
  Mary is a sailor
  dreaming of northern shores
  lost galleons on the sea
  Mary ever on her way
a person who sails sailing boats as a sport or recreation; see also yachtsman.

worker on a ship

Arabic: بَحَّار‎ m (baḥḥār)
Armenian: նավաստի (hy) (navasti)
Asturian: marineru m, marín m
Azerbaijani: dənizçi (az)
Belarusian: матро́с m (matrós)
Breton: martolod (br)
Bulgarian: моря́к (bg) m (morják)
Catalan: marí (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 水手 (zh) (shuǐshǒu), 海員 (zh), 海员 (zh) (hǎiyuán)
Czech: námořník (cs) m
Danish: sømand (da) c, matros c
Dutch: matroos (nl) m
Esperanto: maristo, maristino
Faroese: sjómaður m
Finnish: matruusi (fi), merimies (fi)
French: matelot (fr) m, marin (fr) m
Galician: mariñeiro (gl) m
Georgian: მეზღვაური (mezɣvauri)
German: Matrose (de) m, Seemann (de) m
Greek: ναύτης (el) m (náftis), ναυτικός (el) m (naftikós)
Ancient: ναύτης m (naútēs)
Hebrew: מלח‎ (he) m (malaħ), יוֹרֵד יָם‎ (he) m (yored yam)
Hungarian: matróz (hu), tengerész (hu), hajós (hu)
Icelandic: sjómaður (is) m, sjóari m
Ido: maristo (io)
Indonesian: pelayar (id), pelaut (id)
Istriot: mareîtimo m
Italian: marinaio (it) m, marittimo (it) m, navigante (it) m
Japanese: 船員 (ja) (せんいん, sen'in), 水夫 (すいふ, suifu), 船乗り (ふなのり, funanori), 水兵 (ja) (すいへい, suihei), セーラー (sērā)
Khmer: កម្មករនាវា (kamma’ kɑɑ nievie)
Korean: 선원 (ko) (seonwon), 수병 (ko) (subyeong)
Latin: nauta (la) m
Latvian: jūrnieks m, jūrniece f, kuģinieks m, kuģiniece f
Ligurian: mainâ m

Lithuanian: jūreivis m, jūreivė f
Malay: anak kapal, kelasi
Maltese: baħri m
Manx: marrinagh m
Maori: kaumoana, hēramana (transliteration from English)
Mongolian: далайчин (mn) (dalajčin)
Navajo: táłkááʼ siláo, chʼah łigai
Norman: frégatîn m
Norwegian: matros m, sjømann m
Occitan: please add this translation if you can
Old Portuguese: marinneiro m
Oriya: ନାବିକ (or) (nābika)
Persian: ملاح‎ (fa) (malah)
Polish: marynarz (pl) m, żeglarz (pl) m, żeglarka (pl) f
Portuguese: marinheiro (pt) m, marujo (pt) m
Romanian: marinar (ro) m, matelot (ro) m, matroz (ro) m
Russian: матро́с (ru) m (matrós), моря́к (ru) m (morják)
Scottish Gaelic: seòladair m, loingear m, muireach m, maraiche m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: морнар m, поморац m

Roman: mornar (sh) m, pomorac (sh) m
Sindhi: سيلاني‎
Slovak: námornik m
Spanish: marinero (es) m
Swahili: baharia (sw)
Swedish: matros (sv) c, sjöman (sv)
Telugu: నావికుడు (te) m (nāvikuḍu)
Thai: กะลาสี (th) (gà-laa-sǐi), ลูกเรือ
Tok Pisin: boskru
Turkish: mellah (tr), bahriyeli (tr), seylani, bahhar, kalyoncu (tr)
Ukrainian: матрос m (matrós)
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: morwr (cy)
Yiddish: שיפֿער‎ m (shifer), שיפֿערין‎ f (shiferin)

person who sails as a sport

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