sea dog
Weathered ocean veteran
A sea dog is an experienced sailor, especially one weathered by years at sea.
The term suggests a grizzled veteran of maritime life: The old sea dog had stories from every port.
It carries affection and respect for hard-won expertise on the water.
Caribbean colonial-era pirate
- corsairPirate or pirate ship
- privateerAuthorized civilian warship
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
- BlackbeardFamous Caribbean buccaneer
plunder · cutlass · galleon · Jolly Roger · skull and crossbones · booty · marooned · treasure
One who navigates vessels
- navigatorRoute-directing crew member
- boatswainShip's deck petty officer
- deckhandShip's manual laborer
- coxswainBoat steerer and commander
shipmate · quartermaster · able seaman · midshipman · first mate · crewman · yachtsman · cabin boy
buccaneer
Caribbean colonial-era pirate
- corsairPirate or pirate ship
- privateerAuthorized civilian warship
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
Blackbeard · plunder · cutlass · galleon · Jolly Roger · skull and crossbones · booty · marooned · treasure · brigantine
helmsman
One who navigates vessels
coxswain · shipmate · quartermaster · able seaman · midshipman · first mate · crewman · yachtsman · cabin boy · gunner
grizzled
Streaked with gray
battle-scarred · experienced · salty · crusty · leathery · proven · survivor · warhorse · old-timer · shellback
- Piratespirate, buccaneer, corsair, corsairs, privateers
- pirate talkahoy, arr, argh, aye, aye aye
- sailorscaptain, seaman, mariner, skipper, helmsman
- seafarersseaman, mariner, able seaman, merchant seaman, merchant mariner
- animal nicknamesking of the jungle, man's best friend, king of beasts, sly fox, busy bee
- Elizabethan SeafarersFrancis Drake, Walter Raleigh, privateer, mariner, navigator
sea doglandlubber
Non-seafaring person
greenhorn · weekend sailor · landsman · lubber · raw recruit
sea doglandlubber
Non-seafaring person
landsman · terrestrial · farmer · mountaineer · inlander