seafarer
(ˈsiːfɛərə(r))
[f. sea n. + farer. Cf. G. seefahrer, Du. zeevaarder.]
A traveller by sea, esp. one whose life is spent in voyaging, a sailor.
| 1513 Douglas æneis v. xiii. 30 From the eft schip wprais anone the wind, And followit fast the se fararis behind. 1608 Shakes. Per. iii. i. 41 Yet for the loue Of this poore Infant, this fresh new sea-farer, I would it [the flaw] would be quiet. 1654 Vilvain Enchir. Epigr. iii. lxxi. 73 The 7 famous Sailers or Seafarers, who gav a girdle to the Geographic Globe. 1725 Pope Odyss. viii. 180 A wand'ring merchant he frequents the main, Some mean sea-farer in pursuit of gain. 1876 Bancroft Hist. U.S. I. ii. 27 Stephen Gomez, an able Portuguese seafarer. |
| transf. 1841 Browning Pippa Passes iii, 1st Girl. There goes a swallow to Venice—the stout seafarer! 1887 Morris Odyss. xi. 11 The sails of our seafarer were filled with the wind all day. |