jack-tar

or Jack Tar

[jak-tahr]

noun

a sailor.

Origin of jack-tar

First recorded in 1775–85

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Related Words for jack tar

cadet, swab, salt, tarpaulin, seaman, pirate, mate, seafarer, navigator, mariner, marine, pilot, bluejacket, jack-tar, shipmate, tar, windjammer, boater, middy, lascar

British Dictionary definitions for jack tar

Jack Tar

noun

mainly literary a sailor

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