SAILOR BOY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sailor boy mean? 

• SAILOR BOY (noun)
  The noun SAILOR BOY has 1 sense:

1. a serviceman in the navy

  Familiarity information: SAILOR BOY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAILOR BOY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A serviceman in the navy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bluejacket; navy man; sailor; sailor boy

Hypernyms ("sailor boy" is a kind of...):

man; military man; military personnel; serviceman (someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sailor boy"):

coastguardsman (a member of a coastguard)

Navy SEAL; SEAL (a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare)

striker (someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating)

submariner (a member of the crew of a submarine)