Example sentences for: seafarers

How can you use “seafarers” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • With a history of emigration and return, of welcoming visiting merchants and seafarers, and, during a brief period of occupation, a garrison of British troops, islanders are a cosmopolitan mix.

  • •Ibiza’s key location between Africa and ancient Iberia made it a convenient stopover for Mediterranean seafarers, such as the Phoenician traders, who called the island Ibosim.

  • Sint Nicolaas is an important saint for Amsterdam, being patron of the city and of seafarers.

  • The temple is one of the many dedicated to Tin Hau, goddess of seafarers; this one also houses an altar to Shing Wong, the city’s god.

  • My suspicions aroused, I found that a number of entries had neither a nautical origin nor, perceivably, any nautical connection: jingo , offered as probably a Basque word, acquires a nautical connection because Basques were among the earliest organised whalers in Europe, and as harpooners their expressions would have carried some weight with other seafarers.


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