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jacktar

noun

Etymology

From jack (“common man or sailor”) + tar (“tarpaulin”), used for a common sailor dating back to the 1600s.

  1. derived from *derwo-✻
  2. inherited from *terwą✻
  3. inherited from *teru✻
  4. inherited from teoru
  5. inherited from ter
  6. formed as jacktar — “jack + tar”

Definitions

  1. A sailor

    A sailor; especially, one in the Royal Navy.

    • O! the next that steps up is a jolly Jack tar, / He sailed with Lord [Nelson]^([sic]), during last war: / He’s right on the sea, Old England to view: / He’s come a pace-egging with so jolly a crew.
    • I am a jolly Jack Tar, / My star, / And you are the fairest, / The richest and rarest / Of innocent lasses you are, / By far

  2. Alternative letter-case form of jacktar.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA