sailormen
Crew on ships
Sailormen is an old-fashioned or literary plural of sailor, emphasizing the men who work aboard ships.
The form appears in sea shanties, nautical fiction, and nostalgic contexts: The old sailormen gathered at the dockside tavern.
Modern usage typically prefers sailors.
Fellow sailors together
- deckhandsShip's manual laborers
- matesFriends or breeding partners
- boatswainShip's deck petty officer
- coxswainBoat steerer and commander
helmsman · quartermaster · bosun · midshipman · cabin-boy · gunner · purser · steward
Secures ships to seabed
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
- helmVessel's steering mechanism
- mastVessel's sail support
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
rudder · sextant · spyglass · capstan · windlass · bowsprit · yardarm · mainmast
Those who work ships
- seamenNaval enlisted personnel
- sailorsMaritime vessel crew members
- seadogsExperienced, hardened sailors
- tarsSailors, informally
salts · fishermen · whalers · pirates · buccaneers · yachtsmen · merchantmen · bargemen
Ramshackle huts or sailors' work songs
- hornpipeSailor's traditional dance
- scrimshawEngraved whale ivory art
- tattoosPermanent skin markings
- superstitionsUnfounded beliefs about luck
mermaids · albatross · kraken · grog · swab · landlubber · yarns · Neptune
Point where paths intersect
- passageSegment of text
- circumnavigationComplete journey around something
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
journey · navigation · cruise · landfall · embarkation · homecoming · long-haul · deep-sea
shipmates
Fellow sailors together
coxswain · helmsman · quartermaster · bosun · midshipman · cabin-boy · gunner · purser · steward · messmate
anchor
Secures ships to seabed
rigging · rudder · sextant · spyglass · capstan · windlass · bowsprit · yardarm · mainmast · foremast
mariners
Those who work ships
- seamenNaval enlisted personnel
- sailorsMaritime vessel crew members
- seadogsExperienced, hardened sailors
tars · salts · fishermen · whalers · pirates · buccaneers · yachtsmen · merchantmen · bargemen · ferryman
shanties
Ramshackle huts or sailors' work songs
superstitions · mermaids · albatross · kraken · grog · swab · landlubber · yarns · Neptune
crossing
Point where paths intersect
- passageSegment of text
- circumnavigationComplete journey around something
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
odyssey · journey · navigation · cruise · landfall · embarkation · homecoming · long-haul · deep-sea · blue-water