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SAILOR BOY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sailor boy mean?
• SAILOR BOY (noun)
The noun SAILOR BOY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: SAILOR BOY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A serviceman in the navy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bluejacket; navy man; sailor; sailor boy
Hypernyms ("sailor boy" is a kind of...):
man; military man; military personnel; serviceman (someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sailor boy"):
coastguardsman (a member of a coastguard)
Navy SEAL; SEAL (a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare)
striker (someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating)
submariner (a member of the crew of a submarine)
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