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Dictionary: jack-tar  Jack-tar (jăk'tär')
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A sailor.


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noun

    A person engaged in sailing or working on a ship: jack (uppercase), mariner, navigator, sailor, sea dog, seafarer, seaman. Informal salt, tar. Slang gob3. See sea.

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Brit.informal, dated a sailor.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a man who serves as a sailor
  Synonyms: mariner, seaman, tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog

 
 
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