Sailor - Other Uses

Other Uses

An ancient term, the word "sailor" has come to mean many things. Sailor may refer to:

• A person who is under sail and not on a vessel with motorised power of any kind in the Royal Navy,
• A person who goes out sailing, boating or yachting,
• A person who practices the art of controlling the motion of a sailing ship or sailboat across a body of water,
• An enlisted member of a military naval force,
• Anyone on a boat,
• Anyone from a recruit to an admiral in a navy or coast guard,
• Members of the deck department as opposed to members of other departments in the Merchant Navy.