Sailor \Sail"or\, n.
One who follows the business of navigating ships or other
vessels; one who understands the practical management of
ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common
seaman.
Syn: Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
Sailor's choice. (Zo["o]l.) (a) An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus, or Lagodon,
rhomboides) of the Southern United States; -- called
also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail, and
salt-water bream. (b) A species of grunt (Orthopristis, or Pomadasys,
chrysopterus), an excellent food fish common on the
southern coasts of the United States; -- called also
hogfish, and pigfish.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |