jack-tar
noun
a sailor.
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jack-tar
American
[jak-tahr]
/ ˈdʒækˈtɑr /
Or
Jack Tar
noun
Jack Tar
British
noun
Etymology
Origin of jack-tar
First recorded in 1775–85
Example Sentences
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Not many days are required to restore Shiloh to his best blithe spirits and make of him an astonishingly tough and adept jack-tar.
From Time Magazine Archive
He came down in a few minutes, having donned his best jack-tar suit, and holding out a pretty sealskin purse to Bet.
From A Girl of the People by Meade, L. T.
Somehow it has come to be supposed or assumed that a jack-tar cannot ride.
From Charlie to the Rescue by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
It takes the British jack-tar to put the kibosh on this pirate game.
From Great Pirate Stories by French, Joseph Lewis
Whatever became of the men from the British trawler he never knew, but his jack-tar companions were with him still and helped to keep up his spirits.
From Tom Slade on a Transport by Clarity, Thomas
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