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seafaring¹

Where it comes from

From Middle English safarinde, see farand, se farinde, equivalent to sea + faring (“travelling; journeying; going”). Compare Old English sǣ-līþende (“seafaring”). Cognate with Dutch zeevarend (“seafaring”), German Low German seefahrend (“seafaring”),

German seefahrend (“seafaring”), Danish søfarende (“seafaring”), Swedish sjöfarande (“seafaring”).

adjective more seafaring · most seafaring

  1. Living one's life at sea. There was absolutely nothing about the body to suggest that it might possibly in life have known a maritime experience. It was the body of a low type of man or a high type of beast. In neither instance would it have been of a seafaring race. Therefore I deduced that it was native to Caprona--that it
  2. Fit to travel on the sea; seagoing. A rowing boat is not a seafaring craft.

seafaring²

Where it comes from

From sea + faring.

noun seafarings

  1. The act, process, or practice of travelling the seas, such as by sailing or steaming.
  2. The work or calling of a seafarer, especially a sailor.

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adj following a life at sea

Españolnavegante, nauta
Русскийморехо́дный morexódnyj

noun the act, process, or practice of travelling the seas

Русскийморепла́вание moreplávanije, морехо́дство morexódstvo

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@misc{seafaring_2026,
  title = {seafaring},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seafaring},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}