nonsailor

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /nɑnˈseɪlər/ UK /nɒnˈseɪlə/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
a person who is not a sailor

As a nonsailor, he was queasy before the boat left the dock.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who is not a sailor landlubberlandsman

Opposites

sailor mariner seaman

Word family

Related forms sailor sail

Etymology

From non- ('not') + sailor, from sail (Old English segl) + agentive -or; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *seglą ('sail').

non Latin segl Old English

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# nonsailor

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** nɑnˈseɪlər
**IPA (UK):** nɒnˈseɪlə

## Meanings
1. a person who is not a sailor

## Examples
- As a nonsailor, he was queasy before the boat left the dock.

## Synonyms
- landlubber
- landsman

## Antonyms
- sailor
- mariner
- seaman

## Related Forms
- sailor
- sail

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: non
- Root: segl

## Etymology
From non- ('not') + sailor, from sail (Old English segl) + agentive -or; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *seglą ('sail').

## AI Etymology
Nonsailor is from non- ('not') + sailor, from sail (Old English segl) + agentive -or; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *seglą ('sail'). Important recorded forms include non (Latin) and segl (Old English). Morphologically, the non- element marks negation or exclusion while the base supplies the domain being denied. The modern sense is largely compositional: the word names the absence, exclusion, or opposite of the base idea. In current use it covers a person who is not a sailor. The wider family includes related words such as sailor and sail.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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