seafarer

Example Sentences

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Zheng He, a 15th-century Chinese seafarer, visited the strait, and Marco Polo wrote about risk-taking mariners there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

He entered Iraqi waters in November on a vessel refuelling oil tankers -- his first trip as a seafarer.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

"I used to be a seafarer, and I didn't want to carry on on ships, but to do something similar. I thought this would align pretty well with the skills that I've got."

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Note: The Maritime Administration stopped publishing seafarer data in 2000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

I felt like a seafarer who has located the northern star and set his course from that shining point.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein