seafarer
English · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
seafarer
- /ˈsiˌfɛɹɚ/
- /ˈsiˌfeɹɚ/ US
- /-fɛəɹɚ/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English *se-farere (suggested by se-farende, sa farinde (“sea-faring”)) equivalent to sea + farer (“traveler”) and to seafare + -er. Cognate with Middle Dutch seevarer, whence Modern Dutch zeevaarder (“seafarer”), West Frisian seefarder (“seafarer”), German Seefahrer (“seafarer”), Swedish sjöfarare (“seafarer”).
noun seafarers
- Someone whose occupation is operating a ship or boat at sea, for either civilian or military purposes. An intergovernmental panel will draw up plans to relieve seafarers who have been stuck at sea during a crisis.
- Anyone who travels by sea. Clearly the earliest Australians were seafarers who landed there tens of thousands of years ago; our quest to know more about them — did they come from Melanesia? what kind of boats did they have? were they blown out to sea by a storm? — is ongoing.
Translations
Talk about this word "seafarer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/seafarer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. seafarer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/seafarer "seafarer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/seafarer.Cite this
@misc{seafarer_2026,
title = {seafarer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seafarer},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
