SAILOR

n. seaman, seafarer, seafaring man or woman, seagoing man or woman, mariner, (old) salt, sea dog, bluejacket, shellback, yachtsman, yachtswoman, boatman, boatwoman, deck-hand, captain, skipper, Literary Jack Tar, Colloq tar, Naval US swab, swabbie, gob When she said she had married a sailor I didn't know she meant that he had a 100-foot yacht