Synonyms for seafaring


Grammar : Adj
Spell : see-fair-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsiˌfɛər ɪŋ


Définition of seafaring

Origin :
  • c.1200, from sea + faring (see fare (v.)).
  • adj naval
Example sentences :
  • My father and grandfather, too, for that matter were seafaring men, both captains.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • In the meantime, like the seafaring man, he would just “stand by.”
  • Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • "I have changed my opinion of a seafaring life," Ryan said, after a pause.
  • Extract from : « Under Wellington's Command » by G. A. Henty
  • Seafaring people talk like this, because they are silly, and do not know any better.
  • Extract from : « Diary of a Pilgrimage » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • Seafaring men were not much given to thought of the other world.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Salem » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
  • You suggest, perhaps, that our seafaring is but play: and you are right.
  • Extract from : « From a Cornish Window » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • Dow remained with the seafaring man, looking crestfallen and unhappy.
  • Extract from : « Roosevelt in the Bad Lands » by H. Hagedorn.
  • But the seafaring habit did not exist among the people as a whole.
  • Extract from : « All Afloat » by William Wood
  • Zebulon and Asher in very early times were seafaring tribes.
  • Extract from : « Jewish Literature and Other Essays » by Gustav Karpeles
  • It's the jolly times on shore that appeal to me, as much as any seafaring.
  • Extract from : « The Wind in the Willows » by Kenneth Grahame

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