Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

starsailor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: star-sailor
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft; a space voyager or traveller.

Example Sentences

"He glanced to his left where the nincompoop Lotember saluted and waved to marching ranks of starsailors as if he actually knew something about running a space fleet."
"Getting back to Miles's kinship with the post-psychedelic starsailors and aquanauts, the music of Dark Magus, On the Corner, Agharta, et al. offers a drastic intensification of rock's three most radical aspects: space, timbre and groove […]"
"Here, she found a small landing bay that housed a rusty cargo ship, with a couple of old starsailors beside it."
"Destiny, I'm the tailor of Your wish, I'm your starsailor."

Etymology

From star + sailor.

Inflected Forms

starsailors (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

starsailing

Synonyms

spacefarer

Questions

What does starsailor mean?: A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft; a space voyager or traveller.
Where does starsailor come from?: From star + sailor.

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