seafarer

«seafarer» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who travels by sea, especially a sailor whose… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a seafarer, seafarers); adjective (seafaring)

meaning for a pupil

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

sense 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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «seafarer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.