seafarers'
Belonging to voyagers
Seafarers' is the possessive form of seafarers, referring to something belonging to or associated with people who work or travel on the sea.
It appears in contexts involving the rights, welfare, or conditions of sailors and maritime workers: The seafarers' union negotiated better wages.
International conventions protect seafarers' rights while in foreign ports.
Visual data displays
- compassesCircle-drawing instruments
- sextantsAstronomical angle-measuring devices
- astrolabesDevices measuring star positions
- starsLuminous celestial bodies
almanacs · logbooks · bearings · dead reckoning · celestial navigation · soundings · landmarks · lighthouses
Multi-decked sailing warships
- clippersHandheld cutting implements
- schoonersMulti-masted sailing vessels
- frigatesMidsized naval combat vessels
- dhowsArab trading vessels
junks · longships · barques · brigs · sloops · catamarans · trawlers · whalers
Payment for work
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- unionsCombinations or confederations
- contractsEnforceable written agreements
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
brotherhood · missions · employment · hiring · shore leave · berths · watches · duties
Vitamin C deficiency disease
- stormsViolent atmospheric disturbances
- shipwrecksDestroyed vessels underwater
- drowningDeath by water inhalation
- exposureState of being unprotected
rationing · isolation · loneliness · homesickness · piracy · mutiny · press-ganging · flogging
charts
Visual data displays
- compassesCircle-drawing instruments
- sextantsAstronomical angle-measuring devices
- astrolabesDevices measuring star positions
stars · almanacs · logbooks · bearings · dead reckoning · celestial navigation · soundings · landmarks · lighthouses · buoys
galleons
Multi-decked sailing warships
- clippersHandheld cutting implements
- schoonersMulti-masted sailing vessels
- frigatesMidsized naval combat vessels
dhows · junks · longships · barques · brigs · sloops · catamarans · trawlers · whalers · merchantmen
wages
Payment for work
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- unionsCombinations or confederations
- contractsEnforceable written agreements
guild · brotherhood · missions · employment · hiring · shore leave · berths · watches · duties · ranks
scurvy
Vitamin C deficiency disease
- stormsViolent atmospheric disturbances
- shipwrecksDestroyed vessels underwater
- drowningDeath by water inhalation
exposure · rationing · isolation · loneliness · homesickness · piracy · mutiny · press-ganging · flogging · disease
traditions
Long-established customs passed down
- superstitionsUnfounded beliefs about luck
- tattoosPermanent skin markings
- shantiesRamshackle huts or sailors' work songs
folklore · lore · customs · rituals · slang · jargon · yarns · legends · omens · mascots
seafarers'landlubbers
Non-seafaring people, derisively
inlanders · farmers · mountaineers · desert dwellers · land dwellers