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bluejacket

American  
[bloo-jak-it] / ˈbluˌdʒæk ɪt /

noun

  1. a sailor, especially in the U.S. or British navies.


bluejacket British  
/ ˈbluːˌdʒækɪt /

noun

  1. a sailor in the Navy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of bluejacket

First recorded in 1820–30; blue + jacket


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He, the most famed member of the Rockefeller Institute, Dr. Alexis Carrel, distinguishes himself from the others with a little white headpiece that looks like the hat of a U. S. bluejacket.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bluejacket wondered what was wrong, why he had been called to the "nut factory."

From Time Magazine Archive

Among them: Colonel Smith, his crew chief Staff Sergeant Christopher Domitrovich, and Albert Perna, a Navy bluejacket who had hitchhiked a ride from New Bedford.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cumbersome, inefficient bookkeeping will be replaced by a simple pay-record card to be carried by the bluejacket wherever he goes.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Why, you're British, and in Belgian get-up!" exclaimed the bluejacket in surprise.

From The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

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