Usually means: Sailor, often in historical context.
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  1. jack-tar: Merriam-Webster
  2. jack-tar: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Jack-tar: Vocabulary.com
  4. jack-tar: Wiktionary
  5. jack-tar: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. jack-tar: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. jack-tar: Dictionary.com
  8. Jack-tar: Rhymezone
  9. jack-tar: FreeDictionary.org
  10. jack-tar: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. jack-tar: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Jack-tar: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  (British) Alternative spelling of jacktar [(chiefly British) A sailor; especially, one in the Royal Navy.]

Similar:
gob, seaman, mariner, seafarer, old salt, tar, sea dog, Jack Tar, jacktar, jack, more...

Opposite:
landlubber, landsman, non-sailor

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Similar:
gob, seaman, mariner, seafarer, old salt, tar, sea dog, Jack Tar, jacktar, jack, more...

Opposite:
landlubber, landsman, non-sailor



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