Seafaring
['siːfeərɪŋ] or ['sifɛrɪŋ]
Definition
(a.) Following the business of a mariner; as, a seafaring man.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Following the business of a seaman.
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Examples
- It was a tentative reply, the man having a seafaring appearance. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She lives with a relative; Christian name, unknown; surname, Peggotty; occupation, seafaring; also of this town. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mr Job Potterson, a semi-seafaring man of obliging demeanour, said, 'Thank you, sir. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Fair trade with seafaring men gets a bad name through deeds of violence. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Their use was known to our seafaring men in the forties, for it was in that decade that Capt. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The discipline of a ship (as all seafaring persons know) becomes relaxed in a long calm. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I am as much against deeds of violence being done to seafaring men, as seafaring men can be themselves. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Its very odor seems to cling to the pages of seafaring books. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But you're a seafaring man? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It warn't hard, you may suppose, for a seafaring man like me to work his way over to Italy. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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