marooned sailor
Shipwrecked and abandoned
A marooned sailor is someone abandoned on a desolate shore or island, left without means of escape.
The phrase evokes the classic image from pirate lore—a mutinous crew leaving their captain on a sandbar with a pistol and one shot.
By extension, anyone stranded and isolated: After his car broke down in the desert, he felt like a marooned sailor.
- castawayShipwrecked and stranded person
- shipwreckDestroyed vessel at sea
- lost at seaMissing in ocean waters
- islandWater-bounded land mass
- desert islandIsolated landmass, no inhabitants
stranded · deserted · Robinson Crusoe · man Friday · raft · coconut · coconut water · rescue · rescue ship · signal fire · smoke signal · beach · solitude · survival · water rations · driftwood · message in bottle · tropical
marooned sailoradmiral
Senior naval commander
ship captain · ship's captain · commodore · fleet commander · navigator
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