- merefara
- m (-n/-n) sailor
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
merefara
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sailor — c.1400, sailer, agent noun from SAIL (Cf. sail) (v.). Spelling with o emerged c.1500, probably by influence of tailor, etc., to distinguish the meaning seaman, mariner from thing that sails. It replaced much older SEAMAN (Cf. seaman) and MARINER… … Etymology dictionary
