rosewater sailor
English
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) An officer who is incompetent, or not well-suited for the seas.
Etymology
Compound from English rosewater + English sailor.
Origin
English
sailor
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- boardsailor English
- daysailor English
- nonsailor English
- parasailor English
- rose English
- rosewater English
- sail English
- sailor English
- sailoress English
- sailoring English
- sailorize English
- sailorless English
- sailorlike English
- sailorly English
- sailorman English
- sailorwoman English
- water English
- sailer Middle English
- sela Tok Pisin